"How would you know?" Magnus countered, smirking. "You wake up to yourself every day. Even I get bored waking up to my glorious face every day. Occasionally." But waking up to Alec's face, that would never get boring for Magnus.

Coffee was fantastic for quelling the nervous flip of his stomach that such an idea created. It scared him sometimes to think how much he cared for Alec, but after the last few weeks, in Darrow and in Edom, it was easier to tell that fear to shut up.

"I thought so too," Magnus admitted, letting his gaze drift to the couple being discussed. "But I think that was because she was always there. He never had a chance to get over her, not even when he was cast out. One of the ways that love blinds. It's to see anything else when you're dazzled by one person."