"Don't promise things you're not willing to see through," Ben teased Roger. "A threesome for my birthday could be just the thing." Though Bryn was entirely straight, so he didn't think he'd go for it.
Ben extracted himself from the lads to give Mari a hug too. "Roger gives it a good try, but my ego's healthy enough to take his," he grinned. "Glad you made it." This last was addressed to the whole group, and rather rhetorical in nature.