[WHY DO YOU ALWAYS THINK MARS IS TESTING YOU, JOKER!!]
[either way, Mars lets Joker pull back, and his grip on Joker's collar is even loose enough so that the other wild card could escape freely if he wanted to. despite Mars's forward movement he isn't keeping Joker here unwillingly!1]
[he doesn't seem to mind the awkward moment, either-- in fact, he was fully expecting it. fully hoping for it, maybe? it's not every day he's the one who gets to knock Joker off of his game. and his triumph is obvious in the way he laughs, short and breathless, in the cut of his grin that stretches from ear to ear]
Cold feet?
[flexes his fingers around Joker's collar, feeling the softness of the fabric underneath his fingertips]
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[either way, Mars lets Joker pull back, and his grip on Joker's collar is even loose enough so that the other wild card could escape freely if he wanted to. despite Mars's forward movement he isn't keeping Joker here unwillingly!1]
[he doesn't seem to mind the awkward moment, either-- in fact, he was fully expecting it. fully hoping for it, maybe? it's not every day he's the one who gets to knock Joker off of his game. and his triumph is obvious in the way he laughs, short and breathless, in the cut of his grin that stretches from ear to ear]
Cold feet?
[flexes his fingers around Joker's collar, feeling the softness of the fabric underneath his fingertips]
. . . it's fine. At least, it is on my end.