Spencer has to fight to look at his husband with skepticism because he knows the explanation is as good as it can really get without saying what that wild animal had actually been.

He remembers that day vividly, the sheer recklessness of being out on the steps of the library as he'd watched the Hydra wreck its way through the town, and it's so not like him to actively put himself in harm's way but that day, he'd stayed out long enough for Joel to find him. That day, Spencer had been saved from getting caught in the debris of the crumbling building across the street and even though he hadn't known it yet, he'd already fallen in love.

"A wild animal, yes," Spencer repeats, risking a glance at Joel as the corners of his mouth twitch. "And maybe 'romantic' isn't the proper word for it, but he saved my life and it led to this." He gestures at the baby, unable to resist the urge to reach out to rest a hand gently against Dane's back. "We could have done worse, as far as first meetings go. We actually knew of each other long before that, it's a small town and I'd certainly stopped in the store a few times." Nudging Joel playfully in his side, Spencer chuckles. "I suppose we just never found a reason to have an actual conversation until that one day."