"You're not a coward, Alec. You had a lot to lose, a lot of pressure on you, and a lot of expectations. It was really hard for you to be selfish and want things for yourself, always was." Jace got it. Jace honestly put almost as much pressure on himself as Alec did, trying to be the best, as if to make up for everything else in his life. "You do an excellent job," he murmured, nipping at Alec's throat.

"Hmmm. I have a list of things I'm supposed to ask people about, I'm starting to think I'm being set up for jokes," he whined playfully. "Besides, isn't Ragnor like, always cranky?" Jace laughed. "Yeah, but you're okay watching people you like having sex, so it's not really that far removed?"

"Well, you earned it, so," Jace said. Then he got distracted with kissing, and letting his fingers trace over the line of Alec's back, over his spine, his shoulder blades, the hollow right at the base of his spine.