Jace frowned slightly. "So. Do we act like we are, or we aren't?" Jace knew which he would prefer. It felt like Alec. Maybe from different times in their lives, but it was still Alec. But he wasn't going to force it, either. He unconsciously let his hand move to hover over where his bond rune was, but left it alone for the moment.

Jace wasn't stupid. He'd known Alec nearly his whole life. He maybe didn't catch every single clue about everything all the time, but he knew an evasive, shifty Alec when he saw one. He narrowed his eyes a little as he listened to Alec talk. "But you do," Jace finally said quietly, as he strung things together. "You don't mind it here," he finally said, his tone oddly flat.

Jace shrugged a shoulder. "It wasn't exactly... a surprise. At the wedding, I mean. It was kind of a relief, actually, you were marrying Lydia for all the wrong, very stupid reasons, so Izzy and I were both glad about it. Your mom was more pissed about it being a Downworlder than Magnus being male."

He swallowed, hard, running a hand over his face. "So. What. Confess your secrets before the city does it for you? Fuck."