Prompt: 079. No Return

Merton pulled away, the opposite of what Tommy had been working for, and used the hand that had been pulling Tommy closer to suddenly push him away. “Tommy-wait.”

Tommy reluctantly backed off, wolf rearing up in disappointment, “Wh-What? You don’t…want to?”

“No, no—I mean, yes! Of course I do, Tommy—duh, but I…” Merton, a nice rosy red, trailed off.

“What?”

“It’s just-um-I don’t think I can do this if it’s…just once.”

“Just once?” Tommy chuckled, lowering his lips to whisper in the smaller man’s ear. “You don’t really think you’ll get rid of me that easy, do you?”