can't know if you don't go

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed

This was silly, Liam thought. He was acting like a tongue-tied teenager, as if he'd never been in a pool with a woman before. Now it was his turn to dunk his head under, if only so that he could scowl to himself in private. When he surfaced, pushing his hair back off his face, he'd convinced himself that he was imagining the awkwardness that stretched taut between them, that he'd better get himself sorted out before he ruined a perfectly good friendship, and that surely he was better at conversation that simply reciting facts about the elusive flowers they sought.

Settling back against the edge again, altogether much more comfortable than he'd been a few moments before, Liam offered an easy smile. "So, I've been wondering," he started, forcing himself to meet Maea's gaze. "Did a spot at the inn ever open up?" If not, was she still sleeping in one of her shifts? Or was she back to camping? She'd certainly never taken him up on the offer for a spare room, and it concerned him. If he couldn't offer her his roof, he hoped that she'd at least managed a room at the inn.

Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary; they can only do harm

Liam