Mathlin’s eyes grew wide. “I’m not kicking you out of your bed!”
Titan shrugged. “I want you to feel safe, Math. Whatever it takes.”
Mathlin stared at him for a long moment. “I... don’t know. I’ve never fallen asleep next to an alpha I trust.”
Suddenly, Titan felt achingly sad. “You can trust that I won’t hurt you. If I make you feel unsafe in any way, you know I have two huge weaknesses in my arms.”
“I’m not going to hurt your arms!” Mathlin looked scandalized.
“You’re such a sweetheart.” Titan grinned. “I’ll let you think about it. You don’t have to make a decision tonight. In fact, you can even lie in my bed for a bit to see how you like it.”
Mathlin seemed to mull over his offer. “I’ll... see what it’s like.”
Titan’s heart leaped. “Yeah?” He led the way to his bedroom, nodding at his queen-sized bed. “It’s not the biggest bed, but it’s comfortable.”
“There’s only one size that matters in the bedroom,” Mathlin blurted. He promptly clapped his hands over his mouth. “Oh gods! I don’t mean your cock or anything!”
His pulse missed a beat. Titan stifled his laugh. “What’s the important size, then?”
“Um.” Mathlin scanned the room. “The pillow size. It must be thick enough that it can, uh, fit my head. If it’s too thin by even an inch, my neck will break and my head will roll.”
Titan coughed. “Of course. Please test the pillows. I wouldn’t want you to injure your neck.”
Mathlin blushed and scurried over to Titan’s bed, climbing onto it.
He cut such a small figure against the bed, tugging the covers over himself. Truth be told, the queen-sized bed was barely big enough for Titan. He had been saving up for an upgrade, something else he had planned on doing before courting an omega. Except that had been a plan for the future, when he felt wealthy enough to start a family.
If Mathlin decided to share this bed... They would be pressed very, very close together under the covers. Close enough that Titan would smell only Mathlin in there with him.
Mathlin wriggled deeper under the covers, his nose twitching. “This bed smells like wolf. And...”
He froze, his face turning bright red.
“What does it smell like?” Way too late, Titan remembered why he liked his bed so much—because he touched himself in there, and sometimes, his fluids smeared onto the sheets. He didn’t change his sheets often precisely because they stank of him, all alpha and his own sex musk. It was the one place in the cabin that was entirelyhis.“Crap. Uh. I understand if you would rather sleep in the guest room. Or you could change the sheets—”
Mathlin ducked under the covers and rolled around. “It smells good in here.”
Titan bit his lip, his cock growing thick. He’d never had an omega who was so eager to cover themselves in his scent. “Math,” he said, strangled. “You know we can, uh, change the sheets, right?”
Mathlin continued to flail around under the covers. “I think I’m sleeping in here tonight.”
This... might be bad.
Titan glanced at the significant bulge in his pants, willing it to go down before bedtime. He didn’t want Mathlin to help him undress, only for his cock to spring up and smack Mathlin in the face. Then again, maybe he should keep his clothes on; it would be more appropriate since he was sharing his bed with his employee.
If he could sleep naked with Mathlin, though... His cock throbbed.
“That settles it,” Titan said hoarsely, turning to leave so Mathlin wouldn’t catch an eyeful.
Mathlin stuck his head out of the covers. “Can I move into your bed now? Wait, is that...? You have a tent in your pants.”
Mathlin’s gaze was glued to Titan’s crotch. It throbbed under his attention.
Titan winced, turning further away. “I won’t subject you to this. I can sleep elsewhere—”
“No! You should sleep in your bed,” Mathlin cried.
At the pleading note in his voice, Titan turned back.
