"The glamour would help," Adam said, wrinkling his nose and giving Alec a teasing smile. "Can you just tone down the whole handsome, tall, muscular thing to less-distracting levels while I'm doing my homework?"

Alec was very close like this, even though he was right where Adam had told him to sit, and Adam felt a little bit light-headed. He focused stubbornly on his book, trying to ignore the blush creeping across his cheeks, and keeping his book safely on his lap just in case his body decided to get any ideas about unwanted erections.