Justin pulled the back of his hand across his mouth, then licked his lips, right in the middle of the interview, and JC knew just how Justin's mouth felt then, slick and warm, had felt it a thousand times and what killed him this time was that Justin hadn't even done it on purpose, didn't even know JC was watching, and then everyone was looking at JC like he was supposed to say something but he hadn't even heard the question and Joey rolled his eyes and leaned in toward the microphone.

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