Raw Pleasures
And there, leaning against the counter, was Noah.
He was two years older than Ben, which put him a solid five years ahead of Elia. At twenty-four, he had left the lanky boy she remembered from her teenage years behind and had settled into a man with broad shoulders and a quiet, watchful intensity. He had dark, almost black hair that was always slightly too long, and eyes the color of a stormy sea. He wasn't classically handsome in the way of movie stars; his appeal was in the solid, grounded way he carried himself, the slight crinkles at the corners of his eyes when he rarely smiled, and the quiet intelligence that seemed to hum just beneath his surface.
“Hey, squirt,” Ben said, tossing her
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