"I can manage that," Liam decided. "Would- do you think you could return the favor?" he asked, a little shyly.

Even after more than a year of dating, non-sexual touching was still Kind of a Big Deal. Hell, he'd nearly cried the first time Verity had done the whole hair-washing-and-scalp-massage thing for him. He just. He hadn't known something so simple could feel so nice.