[it's -- among the first handful of times someone has used that word to describe Alex's relationship to him, and his heart goes a bit wild at the reminder. Alex is his girlfriend, sometimes boyfriend, which is the most wonderful, overwhelming, insane thing, and which is in part why he's out here instead of in the party. after being so thoroughly smooched, dancing cheek to cheek with his undead bride, he had to get a breather before his chest exploded from the happiness of it]

[what is slightly easier to focus on, out of all this, is that Adam is being -- Adam is being... nice to him. in Magnus' estimation, he's usually, at best, avoidant and neutral and at worst, various shades of condescendingly passive aggressive (or just aggressive)]

[Magnus stops wiping his face, for now]

Um. Thanks, I think. [for thinking it's sweet; for the reassurance that it's not going to Become a Thing] -- This is honestly like, my second or third cool teen party, so. I'm still learning the ropes.

[they probably just call them parties, and not Cool Teen Parties, Magnus]