I thought you said forever over and over
Finishing the roof took some time, but it passed quickly enough, as time does when one enjoys the work they do. And when it was finally done, and Liam descended carefully once more into the room that they’d built together, he looked around with a smile. They’d all worked hard today, and it showed in what they’d been able to accomplish.
Then Maea was bringing over a split log and asking them all to sign, and Liam’s gaze flicked to hers briefly with a mixture of delight and surprise. It was somehow strangely intimate, the prospect of his name being forever etched into her home. But he didn’t shy away from it, nodding with agreement as Niki signed the split log first. Then Liam’s name was scrawled carefully alongside, and that was that.
Fin
Then Maea was bringing over a split log and asking them all to sign, and Liam’s gaze flicked to hers briefly with a mixture of delight and surprise. It was somehow strangely intimate, the prospect of his name being forever etched into her home. But he didn’t shy away from it, nodding with agreement as Niki signed the split log first. Then Liam’s name was scrawled carefully alongside, and that was that.
Fin
A sleepless night becomes bitter oblivion
Liam






