Her mouth twitched mischievously. “You have the most beautiful blue eyes,” she began solemnly. “The dimples when you smile — really smile — are totally unfair, and so is the way your hair curls.” She started to grin. “Your voice is like audible candy, the planes of your face make you look like a Greek sculpture, you’re generous and good-hearted and geeky and tall and fantastic — ” She trailed off.
Isaac’s eyes widened comically and his jaw dropped, clearly rendered speechless for the moment when faced with so many kind and unexpected compliments. Opening and closing his mouth a few times, he simply blinked and shook his head, cheeks burning scarlet as he gazed at her.
She started to giggle. “Oh, no, I’ve killed him! I’ve broken his brain! Quick, what do I do? Helios, what do I do?” Helios, of course, was nowhere to be seen, but she carried on talking like he was answering her. “I should do mouth-to-mouth? CPR?” She leaned forward, biting at the inside of her mouth to keep from bursting into laughter, eyes dancing, like she was going to attempt mouth-to-mouth right there.