Tom couldn't keep the surprise off his features and he paused in the act of unpacking water bottles and fruit.

He set everything very carefully down on the blankets and look up at Mike consideringly, chewing his bottom lip. There wasn't anything on the other man's features but sincerity and the faintest traces of nervousness. Tom didn't feel like he was being made fun of, but it wouldn't have been the first time he'd missed the joke.

"You're not the marrying kind," Tom said seriously. "You've been saying that since before here."