[Because despite the fact that it's a tall order, despite the fact that Alex doesn't really know what he's doing here, despite the fact that he's way out of his depth - he wasn't lying. He'll protect Ben any way he can until the day he dies. And he knows himself well enough to know that right now, he needs direction in that, so if Zack needs to play big bad brother, it's fine by him. For now.]
[Spam]
[Because despite the fact that it's a tall order, despite the fact that Alex doesn't really know what he's doing here, despite the fact that he's way out of his depth - he wasn't lying. He'll protect Ben any way he can until the day he dies. And he knows himself well enough to know that right now, he needs direction in that, so if Zack needs to play big bad brother, it's fine by him. For now.]
What else?