[As they come apart, Julius winds up the one who is momentarily in the middle. He catches Petrana in a heated and lingering kiss, one hand going to her side and the other, behind him, grazing Marcus's hip absently. He has the vague idea of rearranging to keep Marcus between the two of them, as if that goal was in itself very important. But his focus and his motor functions are both sufficiently fuzzy that it may take a moment for that intention to realistically become possible.]
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