Jace's hand automatically moved to his parabatai rune, but he quickly let it drop to his side, fingers loose, relaxed. His expression became guarded the moment he realized his mistake. But he was seeing Alec. Maybe he had thought of Alec so often recently he was imagining him.

He looked away, gaze skirting the bar the way he'd kept to the outside. Catching the details without having to focus.

"Would I be here for any other reason?"

He missed the real Alec and moments like this. More than he could freely admit even to himself.

"Get out of my head, Alec. I came here to stop thinking."