Backdated to the night of 7-28

[sayshazam]

Spending the day at the beach with Isabelle had been one of the best days he'd had since... well since the last time he'd spent most of the day hanging out with Isabelle. But still, it was a really awesome day and he almost hated the idea of going back to school eventually since it meant they couldn't do stuff like this as much.

The entire way back to his apartment, with his hand in hers, made his stomach full of butterflies and he didn't even know why other than being with Izzy was just so great. He liked being able to lean over and bump his shoulder or hip against hers or look over and catch her smiling. Billy just really, really liked Izzy. He liked her and felt safe enough around her he thought he could probably be comfortable enough to do... things.

And he wanted to do things too. It just sorta seemed like he was at a point where having no experience with those kind of things really worked against him. That one doctor that talked about this stuff never talked about how you let the person you were with know when you wanted that stuff. She'd probably say "communication" or something was important which was great. That was like saying to fly you needed to get up in the air.

Billy already stumbled over his words around Isabelle sometimes. How they heck was he supposed to communicate that maybe if she wanted they could get naked sometime and touch each other? That sounded stupid and he was stupid and by the time he was back to his apartment the butterflies in his stomach felt 10 times worse and it wasn't from excitement. He needed to just not think about it all, at least for a bit.

That would have been easier though if Izzy wasn't so... Izzy.

"So, uh, there might be some super dangerous Downworlders or something in my apartment. You should come check it out and make sure I'm safe?" he joked while he unlocked his door. "You can even have a reward for doing it, if the Shadownhunter code allows that."

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[seveninches]

Isabelle has always thought that the best times were when she was in the middle of a fight, her whip an extension of her arm, adrenaline running through her veins and her brothers at her back. It had always been when she felt the most alive, when she felt good about herself and what she was doing, good about everything. Since Darrow, there are less demons around anyway and while her and Alec still make it a point to go out most nights, things aren't quite the same without Jace. Everything is off here, and they're having to try and make their lives count apart from being Shadowhunters.

For a while Isabelle had wondered if that was possible, but she's beginning to think that spending time with Billy might be just as good. There's no demons but there is Billy's hand in hers and the way he blushes sometimes when she smiles, and the way she knows he's enjoying himself even if they're just sitting on her couch. It's easy, which is nice, and Isabelle is hoping that he's comfortable enough now that maybe she can make things even nicer.

"There's no Clave here anyway," Isabelle reminds him as they reach his front door. "Tell me more about this reward?" she teases, a smile playing at her lips.