Jasper didn't hear Justin approach, and his mug nearly slipped from his fingers when those arms slipped around his waist. It was familiar and it was warm, and maybe it had been a little too long for Jasper if the way he leaned slightly back into the embrace was any indication. But Justin's kind of distraction wasn't what Jasper wanted.
"I don't do casual," Jasper reminded him quietly, but pointedly. The two times he'd let Justin seduce him, Jasper had ended up with a crush for weeks after. He'd rather not go down that road a third time. Pulling away, Jasper closed the fridge and skirted around the island to put some space between them. "I appreciate the concern, but I'm not off the market. I'm just...not advertising." And what an utterly ridiculous metaphor they'd fallen into. Jasper shook his head. "Besides, don't you have a party to go to?"