Adam was startled in the morning when he met up with Alec and his bodyguard was covered in bruises and cuts. He would have been more upset and surprised if he weren't used to Ronan getting into fights every other day, but at least that helped him associate bruises with something other than his father.

He stared at Alec for a few moments, wanting to ask what had happened and if he was okay, but he was pretty sure that this was something Alec had gotten into himself, and Adam didn't feel it was his place to intrude upon that. He stayed quiet as they made their way to his classes, and when the subway car jolted and knocked Adam into Alec's chest, he tried to ignore the lurch in his heart or the heat on his cheeks as he steadied himself with a hand on Alec's chest and then quickly pulled away.

They had a lunch break between classes, but Adam didn't have much money left and everything he had would need to go to refill his subway card, so he just found them a spot on the quad, sitting on a low wall with his legs crossed and ignoring his rumbling stomach. He didn't think that Alec wanted to talk to him, so he didn't say anything, just opened his textbook on his lap to study.