" He was holding Max," he said quietly. He came over and sat on the end of the bed. "I didn't—that's the first—"
He took a moment and then spoke again, the quaver gone from his voice. "There is something quite marvelous about having a child," he said. "In times of danger, it does focus the mind very well."
Alec went over to Magnus and put his hands on his boyfriend's shoulders. "It isn't just us anymore."
"I had to hold it together," said Magnus. I had to. I had no other option. So I did. Otherwise I would be very shaken up right now. "

― Cassandra Clare , The Lost Book of the White (The Eldest Curses, #2)