Liz gave his hand a congratulatory squeeze, leaning in to kiss his cheek and whispered a 'nice one' quietly as to not rub it in Alec's face, but she wanted to praise Peter.

Alec looked like a kid being told he had to go to church after just buying a new videogame or something. He rolled his eyes as he got 'close' to them. "What if I wanted to hold Liz's hand instead?" Yeah, that was just a jab because he was annoyed he lost.

He exhaled. "Fine." He didn't quite pout, but maybe it looked like Alec wanted to. He was, though, true to his word, and stayed with 'the group'. He even, occasionally, asked questions. Occasionally.