Yes, I remember you giving me grief about his decisions this chapter. I see that I won that argument too. Undefeated. Because I don't and will always refuse to count all the times you've won.
We also discussed me being afraid of Joel seemingly going from timid/scared to full on angry and deranged. Not too many people will tackle a guy, straddle him, then pat his face and tell him that, "you can't break me..." and not come across as someone in control of their marbles, I'm thinking.
So I'm glad that we were both proven kind of wrong, and that Joel does read like he's growing to learn how to stand up for, value, and take care of himself. When I think that wasn't the case before the fallout in chapter one. He seemed to guided by fear that he was okay with missing out on things. Now he's looking more ahead, instead of over his shoulder.
Sigh.. hand holding isn't hot. It's rather chaste.
Maybe they would consider it, for more privacy if it didn't feel like a shrine for a family that no longer exists. Joel is too scared to touch anything. Although, he doesn't need to be touching anything to touch Davin. Loopholes exist.