He looked at Crowley again, concluded that role going to be his, apparently--why, he had no idea other than that he was an angel... After all, Crowley was the cousin and Crowley had been the nanny--and scurried out after Alec.

"Alec-" Drat these two and their absurdly long legs. They walked entirely too fast. Now the fae were looking at him like he was a loon, chasing after Alec like he was trying to hail a taxi. "Hardy, wait! Wait." He managed to catch Alec enough to put a hand on his shoulder. "Please. Don't go. We really should stick together."