[Alex doesn't argue. He knows, from body language and from past experience, that Ben doesn't want to hear it and that he'll shut it down or just give him a Ben Look if he does. So he just grins crookedly and ducks his head, like, yeah. He knows it's not something Ben expects.]
[If anything, that just makes it more important that he gets it from Alex.]
[ Spam ]
[If anything, that just makes it more important that he gets it from Alex.]
That's what friends do, right?