"You could without trying," Magnus points out, again unable to help his grin. "And the gentlemen, too."

Not that Magnus was in any way, shape, or form a gentleman, but Alec drove him a little wild, too.

Case in point: He watched Alec step forward with wide cat eyes, taking in the young man and the bold way in which he seemed to close the distance between them. Magnus wanted to reach out and grab him. But there was something to be noticed, too, in the way that Alec breathed in to calm himself.

Was it really so terrible to be near Magnus?

He stifled that thought -- of course it is -- and grinned.

"That's all I'm suggesting," he said. If more happened then....