"Yeah..." He laughs under his breath at the toast. "Maybe we'll be surprised."

He wasn't getting his hopes up about that, but... damn, it would be nice to be wrong in this case and actually get that happy ending, even if he probably didn't deserve it.

"And just for the record--" There's a lighter, more teasing note to his tone this time. "I think what you're drinking stopped being coffee awhile ago."