Marcus was actually flipping through the Prophet when Patrick walked in, not amid his usual stack of paperwork. He stood and returned the kiss. His hands slid to Patrick's waist. He had been thinking a lot about the recent article and the cure for lycanthropy. It was something that concerned him since he hadn't heard it from Patrick who would have surely shared that kind of news. The Prophet's tendencies towards exaggeration were legendary.
He pulled back with a serious look on his face. "No, I don't have time right now. You will have to come back when it is more convenient for me." Patrick would know that he never meant that.
A minute later he kissed the other man again. "So what's up?"