[Enid]

I think Marcus is great but he was acting like a pathetic kid last night.

Tom is clearly alpha male in this situation and he is not even trying to be. He is much fitter and better looking than Marcus and he'd be a more suitable partner for Noirin.

Instead of confronting Tom about the issues Marcus has with him, he stays quiet and sulky when he is around, then as soon as he leaves the area, Marcus bitches about him. That is beta male behaviour. Tom, on the other hand, confronted and challenged Siavash when he accused him of stealing Lisa's booze. He took it head on and Siavash apologised. This is alpha male behaviour.

Marcus has not even given Tom a chance. He thinks the other new HMs are wonderful, except this guy when he hasn't said a bad word about anyone. He recognised competition as soon as he saw him. Now he is trying to influence Noirin's opinion of him in hopes that she'll form a negative opinion of him as well.