It's not exciting, but frankly that's what Joel prefers. Excitement too often means danger, and he doesn't need any more of that in his life, either. He'll take the calm, easy moments where he can find them. He'll also take a fair amount of teasing in stride, when it's this benign.

"You sayin' I don't have any taste?" He cocks a brow at her as he reaches for a bag of candies, slicing it open and shaking a handful of multi-colored chocolate wafers out onto the table.