Tommy laughed, neck stretching to give Teddy more to kiss, practically purring at each one. His whole body felt awake and attuned to Teddy. "We can just do this then. Or whatever you want. I just need you with me," he said.

It took a minute for that to really sink in though, and Tommy's fingers ran through his hair slowly. "There hasn't been anyone else?" Tommy ... could not say the same thing. There hadn't been anyone who mattered, but there'd been kind of a lot of somebodies once Tommy started trying to fuck himself into forgetting. It hadn't worked, but he'd still tried.