“You were injured for me,” Adam said, looking at Alec holding his hand as a blush spread over his cheeks. “It was right that I should heal you.”

He was still sick with terror that the temple might again prevent him from leaving, but he tried to push that thought aside, tried not to think about the shift at work that he was missing right now, without having called in, which might itself be grounds for dismissal.

"We can go eat," he said, figuring that he might as well make sure they both ate, as long as he was already missing work.