"Well that would be the rude way of putting it." Jon isn't saying no, what a butt. You could blame it on the distraction of Martin squeezing his hand or Martin in general, but that's generous for him. After a beat he squeezes back, unsure of what that even means beside some sort of solidarity or reassuring he was enjoying the contact as well.

"I just assumed you'd like comedy or... I don't know, something more lighthearted. You're-" He struggles a moment, because putting the air Martin gave off to words was difficult and somehow embarrassing. They already crossed the embarrassment line, of course. "You're goodnatured and a positive presence all in all, is it that surprising an assumption?"