No types, just this.
Isabella was certain about two things: one, that he absolutely wasn’t the type she’d go for, and two, that she couldn’t remember the last time someone’s eyes had made her stomach flip the way his did. There was also something about the way he spoke—transparent, calm, trustworthy—like he could read her mind but chose not to. Every word they exchanged that night was a little drug. She wanted more. It felt easy; her mind found words like she had known the answers to these questions her entire life. One hour passed, then another; time became slippery, oily, stretching and folding in on itself. By the time they wandered into the night, she felt drunk without being drunk. A buzzing, a humming, a throbbing . She stopped. Looked at him. She reached out like she wasn’t even thinking, fingertips trailing his skin, down his jaw, tracing every bit like she could carve him into memory—slowly, softly but surely. He smelled like he came from the ocean or a dream, like he had nowhere to be except here...