With Izzy or Jace, Alec would know what to do. He'd hug his sister and tug on her hair until she made half-hearted threats to beat him up if he didn't let her go. Jace would be more complicated but Alec would know how to ease whatever hurt was lingering. He couldn't do those things for Sebastian.
Alec almost reached out to touch Sebastian's arm but held back. Bringing more attention to what was happening would probably make him resent Alec. His expression showed understanding and grief of his own. He'd almost lost Magnus and death was still something that would always linger between them. And there had been Max, his brilliant, younger brother who Alec should have protected.
"I wish I could have met him. He must have been an amazing person." He had to have been if Sebastian's heart was so caught up in loving him. Part of him wanted to say that it still might be possible for Sebastian to see Jack again. There was a part of Alec still hoping that Max might arrive in the Library but saying that might be cruel.
But there was something Alec did know. "You will see him again, someday. Maybe not in this life but -" It probably sounded like Mundane religion but there were things out there that no one understood. Things that Alec's ancestors had told him about while he'd been trying to deal with Magnus' immortality. "I know that sounds weird but souls that are connected find a way to be together."
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Alec almost reached out to touch Sebastian's arm but held back. Bringing more attention to what was happening would probably make him resent Alec. His expression showed understanding and grief of his own. He'd almost lost Magnus and death was still something that would always linger between them. And there had been Max, his brilliant, younger brother who Alec should have protected.
"I wish I could have met him. He must have been an amazing person." He had to have been if Sebastian's heart was so caught up in loving him. Part of him wanted to say that it still might be possible for Sebastian to see Jack again. There was a part of Alec still hoping that Max might arrive in the Library but saying that might be cruel.
But there was something Alec did know. "You will see him again, someday. Maybe not in this life but -" It probably sounded like Mundane religion but there were things out there that no one understood. Things that Alec's ancestors had told him about while he'd been trying to deal with Magnus' immortality. "I know that sounds weird but souls that are connected find a way to be together."