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Without

Grey is always too close. He hovers at dinner with his disruptively massive appetite, brushes their shoulders in the office, shoves a thigh between Alec's legs and buries his nose in Alec's hair when sleeping.

Then Grey is sent to Egypt. Alec drinks in the relief for a week until he grows restless again, as if in anticipation of something. He wonders at the feeling, at the empty space around him, lacking only in the absence of someone to fill it.

When Grey returns, Alec ignores him until Grey crawls into his bed and fits their hips together. Then Alec sighs, wraps an arm around his waist and pulls him closer.