Alec wondered briefly if he should try to help Peter learn a better poker face, but the truth was Alec thought it was too much fun to be able to clearly see through Peter's ruses.

"uhuh." He looked like he wasn't buying it.

"She's not official yet. Casual sex is still on the table. She calls me Man Candy." He winked. That last part was mostly to try and get a rise out of Peter. Alec was quite aware that his arrangement with Pike was probably going to come quickly to an end unless that other Gnome guy fucked things up royally.

He crossed his arms lightly over his chest. "Are you really not going to give me the full story about your nose? Otherwise I might have to start filling in the blanks and I have a pretty wild imagination."