There was an awkward beat of silence before Ray called out "Finally!" after Asher had appeared, almost as if to deliberately piss him off so there was something other than silence. Insults had come so naturally the morning before.

Ray was fairly sure he had everything of his from the bedroom but he really wasn't strong enough to go back inside to check. His tie, at least, hung halfway out of his pant's pocket. He was nearly at the door when he turned back as an afterthought and replaced the cupcake, putting it with the rest on the plate. Something caught his eye and with a frown, he nudged the cake out of the way and picked up the foreign object.

The button. Ray stared at it for a long moment before dumping it on the table, in amongst the discarded polaroids he hadn't wanted to take. When he left the cabin, he was faced the same difficulty he'd conquered the day before, only this time getting off the boat looked a lot harder to do without tumbling into the water.