He raises an eyebrow when she says she and dates don't even get along and he takes that to mean the date he set her up on didn't exactly go well. It's fine, he isn't about to take it personally, but he thinks Michael is nice and he wonders what it is that didn't work. Maybe they just didn't have much in common and that's fair, but he is curious.
He doesn't ask, but he smiles when she says she thinks she can see herself here with children one day. They haven't talked about it a lot, they haven't really discussed what Raleigh wants one day, but he and Spencer know where their little family is going to go and when he hears Raleigh say that, it makes something in his chest loosen, something feels a little lighter. Her children will be here one day, she'll teach them to bake, she'll have this place with them, and Joel knows any children he and Spencer have will be welcome here, too.
"That's an incredible thing to imagine," he says, reaching out to tuck some of her hair back without thought before he looks around the kitchen again. She's one of few people he's able to touch without being awkward, without overthinking it and he pauses, running his hand over a windowsill that's thick with dust. "If it's the right place, then it's the right place. You know the work that needs to go into it, but you know that I can help you with a lot of it and if it feels right..." He trails off and shakes his head, smiling at her. "I just didn't want to make it too easy on the agent. Hopefully she'll come back with a few more options for us now that she thinks we're not entirely sold."
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He doesn't ask, but he smiles when she says she thinks she can see herself here with children one day. They haven't talked about it a lot, they haven't really discussed what Raleigh wants one day, but he and Spencer know where their little family is going to go and when he hears Raleigh say that, it makes something in his chest loosen, something feels a little lighter. Her children will be here one day, she'll teach them to bake, she'll have this place with them, and Joel knows any children he and Spencer have will be welcome here, too.
"That's an incredible thing to imagine," he says, reaching out to tuck some of her hair back without thought before he looks around the kitchen again. She's one of few people he's able to touch without being awkward, without overthinking it and he pauses, running his hand over a windowsill that's thick with dust. "If it's the right place, then it's the right place. You know the work that needs to go into it, but you know that I can help you with a lot of it and if it feels right..." He trails off and shakes his head, smiling at her. "I just didn't want to make it too easy on the agent. Hopefully she'll come back with a few more options for us now that she thinks we're not entirely sold."