"Not mean. Just figuring out how to uh, handle you."

Phoenix grins. 'Handling' Alec is never going to happen unless Alec happens to like it.

He's also enjoying that there teenage crush thing. Having recently turned 900 and having gotten used to being a beta, Phoenix is considering how much younger Alec might make him feel; and at the same time wondering how much of an Alpha the younger immortal will let him be.