"Gods, Mac!" They released me, but I refused to let go of their cock, still licking up every drop of their cum.

"Are you all right?" They asked. "I don't know what came over me. I shouldn't have kept you from moving like that. I'm so sorry."

Satisfied their cock was clean, I let them slip from my mouth. "Never apologize. I would let you know if I needed to move."

They nodded. "I trust you."

"I trust you, too." I stood and cupped their cheek with my free hand, the one not still suctioned to their ovipositor.

They kissed me, thrusting their tongue into my mouth. At the first taste of themself, they moaned. "I want to taste you now. May I?"

Gods, they were always so polite. "Anything for you."

Instead of dropping to their knees, Galen picked me up and placed me on their shoulders with my cock in their face for a quick ride to their pile of bedding. They nudged me with their snout as they walked and carefully sat me against one side of their bed, which was dug into the cave floor. In their dragon form, they could lay snug against the stone and it would hold their body heat during the night.

Now, in their kobold form, the space seemed too large and cavernous. We kobolds had been trained to pass through open areas like this one as quickly as possible to avoid dragons. Instead, I felt safe in Galen's arms as they lowered me to their bedding and settled between my spread legs.

Instead of sucking me down, they teased my cock and balls with their tongue while roaming their hands up and down my sides. I relaxed into the sensation, sure my dragon wouldn't try to tickle me with their sharp teeth so close to my cock.

Galen explored lower, tasting the ticklish spots along my inner thighs. They sucked until I ached, both from needing to come and the bruises they left behind.

"Gods, yes, mark all of me. Let everyone know I'm yours."

Galen growled. "No one will see these marks but me." They placed gentle kisses over one purple mark, then the other. "These are for us and no one else."

In response, my cock bounced against my abs with a wet sound.

Galen met my gaze as they eased my cock away from my body. They slid their mouth over me, their tongue wrapping around my length and squeezing while their hot warmth enveloped my cock head.

For someone not used to having hands, they already knew what to do with them. They wetted two fingers in their mouth and then followed the line between my balls, along my taint, to my puckered hole. They massaged their wet fingers around my entrance and I relaxed, allowing them to push inside with first one, then both.

They worked me open while their perfect mouth continued to tease my cock, and they held my hip in place at their mercy while my body vibrated with sheer need to come.

"Close." I tapped their shoulder, unable to do more as the familiar tingle started at the base of my spine. I stared down at my mate, transfixed by how focused they were on my pleasure. I'd never had a partner take such good care of me before.

Galen hummed in the back of their throat and took me even deeper, swallowing around me as their fingers pressed firmly against my prostate. I howled their name as my orgasm pulsed through me.

They licked me clean with their delightful tongue before joining me with their head propped on my shoulder. I leaned in for a kiss. They tasted like me, and I couldn't get enough.

Galen peppered kisses along my throat. At my shoulder, they licked over their mark, and my cock tried to rally.

"That feels so good," I said. "Why is that so good?"

"We're connected through our mark," Galen said. "When I touch yours, you have a direct link to everything I feel for you."

I trailed my finger from the base of their horn, down their pointed jaw, to the mark I'd placed on their neck. Galen exposed the mark to my touch and whimpered when we connected.

They must have felt how much I loved them, but it was too new for me to say it. The words wouldn't scare my dragon, nothing could, but I worried my anxiety about our pregnancies and our future hatchlings would spike even higher if I put a name to what I would lose if I lost Galen. I couldn't think about that now.

"You are worried," they whispered.

"Yes." I couldn't keep it from them, nor did I want to. We'd made these eggs together. Whatever happened next, we would face it together.

Galen kissed my temple and urged me onto my side without words. They curled behind me, their arm clutching me to their chest.

The orgasms were amazing, but the cuddles were the best yet. Galen was an excellent cuddler in dragon form. They were even better in kobold alpha form. I loved the way they fit around me, their chin tucked against my shoulder, their breath warm on my neck as they held me against them with a beefy arm. And those hands ... Galen stroked my chest with slow, sure strokes of their blunt nails. I'd never felt so cherished.

Gods, I loved them. I wanted to shout it from the mountaintop and tell the whole world, but I was still too scared it would be taken from me.