He should have better control over his blushing. He'd spent years hiding every reaction to Jace and then struggling not to be too obvious about his interest in Magnus. His attempts had never been perfect, but they were better than this. He'd never blushed because a guy was looking at him. Not until now.

Adam was looking at him the way Magnus had. Not with the same confidence but with the same interest that had left Alec out of sorts, unsure of how to deal with someone noticing him and possibly being attracted to him.

Or how to deal with wanting to be noticed in a way that he'd been hiding from for years.

"I - uh - I can go get cleaned up and get the book." At least he finished the sentence with only minimal stuttering.