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]

"You're not the worst boyfriend ever," she says, rolling her eyes a little. "Trust me." Isabelle has dated some assholes in her time, not the least of which had been a certain Seelie. She knows for a fact that Alec would count Billy as her best choice in boyfriends to date, and Isabelle would agree with him.

Isabelle listens to him start his sentence again and again, but it doesn't take her long to catch on. The way he trails off tells her more than anything, so does the embarrassed look on his face. "It's okay," she tells him, pressing a kiss to his temple, "there will be another time. Next time we don't eat fish tacos first, lesson learned."

[sayshazam]

"Kay, but you're definitely the best girlfriend ever for still being here," Billy said, smiling a little bit when she kissed him. Her lips felt really warm against his skin and he felt a shiver that had nothing to do with the way his stomach was feeling. She really was amazing.

"Gonna go vegan after this. Okay, not really. Maybe we just... watch a movie tonight instead?" Billy said, trying not to look to hopefully. Just sorta cuddling on the couch right now was probably the best he could hope for.

[seveninches]

"That just makes me a decent human being," she laughs, handing him the glass of water. It looks like the bout of vomiting is over at least, though she suspects his stomach will be feeling fragile for a while yet. "Or decent Nephilim, as the case may be."

"Movie we can do," she agrees, holding out a hand to help him up. "You feel like you can leave the bathroom yet?" she asks, considering. He looks better but she isn't the greatest at knowing how to handle this kind of thing. She never gets sick and nor do any of her brothers; she doesn't have much in the way of frame of reference.

"I can't believe you got food poisoning and it wasn't even my cooking. Don't tell Alec about this, he'll assume it was."

[sayshazam]

"Yeah, I think I can," Billy said with a slow nod as he let Izzy help him up. It would have been totally emasculating except they both knew she was stronger than him when he wasn't Shazam. His stomach still didn't feel great but at least it wasn't making him miserable at the moment. Well it was, but not as miserable was it was just a bit ago. So just to be safe he grabbed the trash can that had been sitting next to the sink and hugged it to his chest. If he ended up puking again at least he wouldn't have to run to the bathroom.

"If I got sick from your cooking I feel like it should earn me extra boyfriend points at least. Next time you can eat the sketchy food and if you get sick we'll just draw the Yahtzee rune on you and you'll be fine."

[seveninches]

Isabelle grabs Billy's blanket and a couple of pillows from the bedroom and meets him in the living room, setting it up so that he'll be warm and comfortable. "I'll even let you pick the movie," she tells him. She's trying to be a good girlfriend, but it's also because she has no idea about mundane movies. She wouldn't even know where to start with picking one, so it's better if Billy takes the reigns.

"Only if it's not fish tacos again," she says, sitting on the couch and curling her legs up underneath her. "I might not get sick but I still have tastebuds."

[sayshazam]

"Let's watch one of those Moonlight movies since I'm already sick," Billy said, curling up in the little nest that Isabelle had made for him on the couch. He realized that he was actually still shirtless but didn't want to ask Isabelle for help putting a shirt on. He also kind of didn't want to put one on because that meant if she touched him it would be more skin to skin touch and even sick he liked that.

"We can laugh about how unrealistic and dumb it is."