He pumped his fingers, scissoring them and stretching Harper bit by bit. “Do you want me to use a condom?”
 
 Harper glanced over his shoulder. His cheeks and neck flushed deep red. “We don’t have to, right?” His eyes fluttered closed, and he groaned as Ash added more lube.
 
 “No, we don’t have to.” Ash fucked the lube into his mate. Harper needed to be dripping with it by the time Ash’s cock got anywhere near his hole. “I’m immortal and can’t carry or catch human ailments, but it’s about what you’re comfortable with. Not everyone likes the mess of taking a load.”
 
 “No condom,” Harper said in a rush. His hole fluttered around Ash’s fingers. “I want you in me.”
 
 “Fuck.” Ash could come just seeing Harper like this. He squeezed his dick to keep his pleasure at bay. “You want me to fill you with my cum, flower?”
 
 “Yes.” Harper thrust back.
 
 Ash purred so deeply that it sounded more like a growl. Their desires aligned. His mate wanted his seed.
 
 Harper wanted to be mated.
 
 Ash squeezed Harper’s ass and drove his fingers in deeper. “Good. I want nothing more than to claim you.”
 
 Harper’s mouth fell open on a whimper, his wide-eyed gaze locked on Ash.
 
 He clamped his mouth shut and focused on touching Harper. It was too soon to speak of claiming and mating, even if he longed to call Harper his mate aloud.
 
 One day. Today, he’d mark Harper with his cum. Fuck Harper’s virgin hole and show Harper what an eternity of pleasure would be like. They’d get to mating eventually.
 
 Ash pressed a third finger into Harper, going slowand adding more lube. Harper hissed a stuttered breath, and Ash stopped. “Are you okay?”
 
 “Yeah, just give me a second.”
 
 Ash waited, stroking Harper’s leaking cock with his hand as his tail teased his inner thighs.
 
 A few moments later, Harper pushed back. “I’m ready.”
 
 Ash sank his fingers in slowly, fucking in and out, going deeper each time until he was buried as far as he could go. He found Harper’s prostate, and Harper let out a shout of pleasure. Ash fucked Harper with his fingers until he moved easily.
 
 He slicked his cock. “I can’t wait to bury my dick inside you, Harper.” His voice came out in a growl. “Are you ready for it?”
 
 “Yes, fuck me, Ash. I want your cock, please. I need to feel you.”
 
 Ash withdrew his fingers and lined himself up, pressing against Harper’s hole. “I’ve got what you need, Harper.” He pressed forward, rumbling as Harper opened for him, enveloping his cockhead beautifully, so tight and perfect. “There you go, sweet. Take my cock.”
 
 “Oh fuck, Ash,” Harper moaned. “You’re splitting me open.”
 
 Ash paused with just his tip inside his mate. “Is it too much?”
 
 “No.” Harper shot a look over his shoulder. “Not too much. I like feeling you taking over my body. I like you so much, Ash.”
 
 “I adore you, Harper.” Ash caressed his hips with his hands and tail. “This cock is yours now. Whenever you want it, I’ll give it to you.”
 
 Harper whimpered, his eyes glassy. “Ash…”
 
 He hummed, squeezing Harper’s ass. “You’re mine, Harper. And I’m yours.”
 
 Harper closed his eyes. “Please.”
 
 Ash pushed forward, filling Harper anotherinch. He paused and pulled back before filling him again, his movements slow and reverent. “Do you feel it? This is what it’s like to be cherished, sweet. To have someone who belongs to you, giving you everything you need. I want to be that for you. Give you my cock, my soul, whatever you want.”
 
 “Ash,” Harper sobbed. “No, you can’t. Don’t. It feels too good.”
 
 Ash stilled his rocking hips, his heart skipping a beat. “Sweetheart, are you crying?”