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Robert recovers quickly. "I was hoping to talk to Claire."
"Peter – " Claire doesn't know what to say – that this is incredibly awkward, that she can't imagine Robert's a threat?
She takes a step forward, but Peter's hand slams into the doorframe. His arm blocks her way. He doesn't turn around.
"Just… checking if you were okay," Robert says. "Are you okay?"
"She's fine."
And then Claire gets angry. Peter's got no right to get jealous over her, to be possessive of her; Peter can't ever have that right. They know that.
Even though it's killing them, they know that.
