Adam smiled warmer at that, pleased that Alec was considering it. "I'd like that." It had seemed like the sort of thing that Izzy might enjoy enabling, which Adam liked about her.

"Will you sit with me for a while as I do my homework?" Adam asked, scooting back a little to sit against the pillows. He didn't want Alec to go yet, but he didn't have any reasons to keep him here. Hopefully Alec had meant it about not needing a reason to be here.

He thought about what Izzy had said, suggesting that he kiss Alec, but everything still felt too fragile for that, and Adam didn't think he could hope for anything more than being tolerated.