Frontier's Embrace

Story by Aygis on SoFurry

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Frontier's Embrace

Zvezda's feet pounded on the rubberized deck of the racetrack as he made his morning run. The track itself hugged the perimeter wall of Huygens Station's centrifugal gravity module. “Morning" was something of a theoretical idea for Zvezda and the other 300 or so occupants of the station – it was a routine born out of necessity to keep their earthly circadian rhythm intact. This time however, the distant sun warmed Zvezda's russet fur as the station peeked out from the shadow of the moon it orbited.

Zvezda veered over towards the windows lining the walls on either side of the circular module. Maintaining the pace of his run, he peered out the window at the gleaming sunlight. The star was peeking out from behind Saturn in the distance – the planet's rings shone like a crystal necklace as the sunlight filtered through them. Below, the swirling orange and yellow clouds of Titan's atmosphere were coming into view as the sun dispelled the moon's darkness.

Zvezda was a young red fox with russet fur that stretched over his back and cream white fur on his front, running from under his jaw and down to his belly. Dark chocolate brown fur covered his paws, and soaked in the sun's warmth more than the rest of him. He was glad to just be wearing his running shorts for the exercise session, a necessity to keep muscle atrophy at bay in the weightlessness of space.

“Beautiful sunrise, eh?" a female mink asked with a smile as she came running in the opposite lane of the racetrack. Others soon came jogging into view, seemingly appearing from the ceiling ahead of Zvezda as they ran along the perimeter wall of the circular module. He always found that a little disconcerting, but he had gotten used to it after a while.

“Definitely," Zvezda replied with a smile of his own and a nod. Even after nearly five years aboard Huygens Station, the view never ceased to amaze him.

A glint of golden light moving in the darkness of space caught his eyes and drew them upwards. There he saw the latest arrival to Huygens hauling in its massive solar sail, what appeared to be a large rectangular golden solar array that stretched across for kilometers. Mechanical joints that stood in silvery contrast folded the sail while cables hauled it back towards the ship it had carried to Titan on the solar wind.

Zvezda saw a pulse of blue light flare from the rear of the ship as she fired up her engines for final approach, which carried her out of the blackness of space and into the sunlight. Where she had only been a moving dark patch over the stars, Zvezda saw the graceful lines of the ship come into view. She was big. Even bigger than Huygens Station at perhaps two kilometers long compared to the station's one and change. The bridge of the vessel was perched at the end of a tapered neck that swooped backwards towards a body with short, broad wings on either side. She was painted a brilliant blue and white and as as she approached Zvezda could make out her name painted in streamlined white letters across her hull: Mir I Protsvetaniye.

Zvezda understood that the ship's arrival had been expected for several weeks now, ever since word of her voyage was sent when she made sail from Europa. She was stopping here at Huygens Station to refuel and resupply before continuing on to the new colony at Enceladus. As the Mir I Protsvetaniye pulled alongside Huygens Station and they began to extend their docking modules towards each other, Zvezda found himself reminiscing. He remembered when such a ship had arrived bearing a group of rough and ready young men. They had been looking to work at the hydrocarbon facilities down on Titan's surface and a certain wolf among them had caught his eye.

That thought caused Zvezda to swing over to the other side of the racetrack and peer down through the windows on the opposite wall. His eyes followed the long cable that descended from the tip of the station down into the depths of Titan's atmosphere. Clamped to it was the pipeline that would no doubt soon be pumping fuel up to the Mir I Protsvetaniye for her electrical generators. However the pipeline wasn't what Zvezda was looking for. He noticed the cable swaying to one side, a telltale sign.

There, clawing its way up the cable, was the space elevator's climber car appearing out from beneath Titan's methane clouds. The climber would be carrying supplies and passengers for the Mir I Protsvetaniye along with anyone else looking to hitch a ride to Huygens Station.

He felt excitement welling up within his chest and he came to a stop at one of the exercise areas sitting at the end of one of the many spokes of the large centrifugal gravity module. Panting to catch his breath, he turned his wrist over and touched the computer screen strapped to the top of his forearm. Using a paw pad he navigated to the message that he had woken to a couple hours ago:

- Zahfear: See you soon <3

Zvezda smiled and, after catching his breath, passed the people working out on the exercise equipment, making a beeline for the ladder that led up the nearby spoke of the module. As he climbed, he felt the effects of the module's spinning steadily lessen. His weight seemed to evaporate until he was able to kick off from the ladder and shoot himself forward weightlessly along the corridor directly towards the heart of Huygens Station.

He made his way along the cylindrical central corridor, which was made up of reflective metal. The passageway was far from a spartan tube however. Artwork of earth's history in space exploration, such as the Apollo missions, and the first crewed missions to Mars, lined the walls. Interspersed with these were televisor screens with a live feed of news and entertainment from Europa, albeit with a several hour delay. Even green plants stretched out their spindly green tendrils in every direction from planters that were embedded in the walls.

He passed dogs, cats, mice, other foxes, people of all kinds. Most he knew, and gave a smile or hello in greeting as they floated past each other. Some wore coveralls of different colors which indicated that they were on duty at their various posts. Others, however, were in normal attire and enjoying their off hours.

Zvezda headed for the nearby habitation module which contained everyone's private quarters. More corridors branched outwards from the central one, and were lined with closed metal doors. Zvezda shot down one of these and approached the numeric keypad beside his closed door and quickly tapped in a code. The door slid open with a quiet hiss and Zvezda grabbed the door frame to pull himself inside.

It was a small room, but the lack of gravity allowed what space there was to be used more efficiently. His bed was bolted to one wall, its blue spread tucked in neatly and belted down to keep it from ensnaring him. A small desk was affixed to another wall, with the usual chair replaced by velcro and mounting brackets to keep the user in place. A few shelves full of the scant few things he had brought with him to the frontier accompanied the televisor screen on the other wall. The two remaining walls were dominated by broad windows that offered a stunning view of Titan and the stars beyond.

Pressing a button on a matching keypad inside the room, the door closed behind him and he pushed himself over to a closet set into the wall. He hurriedly changed into something more casual. A hoodie and jeans would suffice while he tucked his running shorts into the closet to be cleaned later.

He left his room, and before long was aboard a tram hurtling along the station's exterior towards where the station's tip met the space elevator. He held on tight to the hand rails as the tram decelerated, inertia pulling him towards one end of the tram briefly before it came to a stop. The glass doors slid open silently and Zvezda kicked himself out of the tram car and into the corridor.

He knew the way to the space elevator's climber dock well by now, and was waiting with several others when the round hatch at the end of the room finally opened. Zvezda hung floating in the air, watching as people poured out. Some were carrying big packs, no doubt looking to catch a ride on the Mir I Protsvetaniye to Enceladus or back to Europa. Others were here visiting people living on the station and it was for one of these visitors that Zvezda was looking.

“Zaf!" he called, happiness filling his voice when he spotted the gray wolf pulling himself through the circular portal and into the room. The wolf was fit and muscular from wrestling with ducting and machinery down on Titan, and his casual clothing did well to show it off.

Zahfear caught sight of Zvezda and grinned, pushing off the wall with force and hurtling right for Zvezda. The fox was ready with open arms, but still felt as if a bit of his breath was knocked out when the two collided. He laughed and hugged the wolf anyway as they went tumbling backwards head over heels through the air. Zahfear laughed with him and wrapped him in a tight hug. The couple would have tumbled straight into a group of people if Zahfear didn't throw out a paw to grip a wall mounted rung to arrest their drifting.

“Hi, Fox," Zahfear said before stealing a lick at Zvezda's muzzle.

“Hi Wolfie, I missed you," Zvezda responded with a lick of his own. He stroked up and down Zahfear's back before reluctantly pulling away and peering into the wolf's blue eyes. His long light gray hair was coiled into braids that drifted wildly about his head after their tumble.

Zahfear held onto him by his shoulders, beaming back at Zvezda. “I missed you too. It's been too long since I've had a chance to come up here and see you," Zahfear said.

The fox's ears splayed slightly and he took Zahfear by his paw, pushing off from the wall gently and pulling the wolf towards the tram terminal. “Come on."

“Eager for something?" Zahfear quipped from behind him, and the smirk plastered across the wolf's muzzle sent heat rushing to Zvezda's face.

“I don't know what you're talking about," Zvezda said, though his wagging tail betrayed him. He was glad everyone else in the terminal was too absorbed in their own business to notice.

When the tram car arrived and its glass doors slid open, the two pulled themselves inside and hung on to the hand-rails. A few others glided into the car before the doors closed, and the car began to accelerate slowly.

Zahfear was holding onto Zvezda's free paw as he peered out the tram's broad windows. They were passing by the Mir I Protsvetaniye, which was now pulled alongside the station, and the graceful curves of the ship flashed by outside the windows.

“Do you ever feel like catching a ride on one of these ships and heading for solid ground? Like Enceladus? Or back home?" Zahfear asked out of the blue, turning his head to Zvezda.

Zvezda peered back at Zahfear curiously. “I am home," he replied simply, giving Zahfear's paw a squeeze.

“Aw, Fox," Zahfear murmured softly before nuzzling between Zvezda's ears.

His ears flicked at the touch and he stole a glance at the tram's other occupants who were absorbed in a quiet conversation at the other end of the car. He sighed happily returned Zahfear's nuzzling affectionately. They were quiet for a moment as they watched the Mir I Protsvetaniye zip by.

“I think we were meant to be on the frontier," Zvezda said quietly to Zahfear. “Wherever that is, that's where we'll be. Together."

Zahfear nodded, and pressed a little kiss to one of the fox's chocolate brown ears.

It didn't take Zvezda long to lead Zahfear back to the habitation module. Throughout the trip Zahfear kept trying to grab at Zvezda's tail when nobody was looking and Zvezda in turn kept trying to bat away his paw with a grin.

Zahfear drew a yelp from him when he suddenly found himself wrapped in a bear hug. Zahfear quickly pushed them together into his room the moment the fox had the door open. “Hey! You…"

Zahfear pressed his lips to the fox's, silencing his words before they could escape. Zvezda hadn't gotten to close the door behind them, and his eyes went to the hallway. A couple of females, an otter and a lanky maned wolf, were giving them curious glances as they floated by and giggled between themselves. Zvezda couldn't be bothered to care at the moment. Not with Zahfear's strong paws pulling him to his chest and his tongue licking at his lips and seeking entrance.

He parted his muzzle and Zahfear's tongue wasted no time before sneaking inside, searching his out and licking at it with a primal hunger. The wolf's paws crept down Zvezda's back to his hips, gripping and pulling them into his own. It was impossible to miss the quickly growing stiffness beneath Zahfear's pants.

“The door…" Zvezda murmured, his lips pulling away for a moment.

“Doesn't everyone on this station already know you lift that pretty tail for me?" Zahfear whispered in his ear with a wry grin.

Zvezda gave Zahfear a mock pout before pushing the wolf off. He went tumbling with a chuckle while Zvezda maneuvered to the door. After it closed with a reassuring hiss he turned back to the wolf and his pout turned into a matching grin. Zahfear had bumped up against the broad window and was silhouetted over Titan's orange atmosphere, his paws already working at his pants.

By the time Zvezda pushed off the wall towards him, the wolf's sheath was already exposed and half his red canine member was poking out. Zvezda homed in on that gray sheath with single minded determination. As his muzzle pressed against it, Zahfear slowed him by catching the fox by his shoulders. Zvezda's momentum rotated him downward into an imitation of kneeling before his wolf, save for floating perhaps a foot above the floor.

Zvezda inhaled his mate's masculine scent and nuzzled between his legs with affection. Happy chirring reverberated from his chest and he heard Zahfear chuckle above him. He looked up past the wolf's now fully engorged maleness, his gaze met a pair of blue eyes.

“See? Eager," Zahfear said with a smile and kneaded Zvezda's ears fondly.

His ears flicked under the touch and warmth flooded his cheeks. “Can't help it," he muttered and shifted his attention to the red canine shaft just inches form his nose. “Not when you've got this…" he said, drawing a long lick over Zahfear's cock from his sheath all the way to his tip for emphasis.

That earned a pleasured sigh and a bodily shiver that Zvezda could feel under his paws. He worked Zahfear's pants lower and exposed the furred orbs dangling below the wolf's sheath. The fox nosed over them and watched with amusement as they floated weightlessly.

“Having fun down there?" Zahfear asked, giving the fox a pat between the ears. Zvezda smiled sheepishly and nodded in response before turning his attention back to the wolf cock in front of him.

The fox set to lavishing every inch of Zahfear's red flesh with attentive little licks. He loved the heat and hardness against his tongue and the way Zahfear groaned and thrust his hips. While working his way up the wolf's length, Zvezda unbuttoned his own pants and pushed them down. He sighed with relief as his own vulpine erection finally sprang free from its fabric prison.

Zvezda took his time working his way up the wolf's length with his tongue until at last he reached the tip. He found a little bubble of clear pre around the slit there, trapped by surface tension against the red flesh. He leaned his head in and with a glance up at Zahfear, used his tongue to carefully scoop up the salty fluid. His ears perked for those little gasps Zahfear made when he lapped at the slit there tenderly, tasting the wolf's pre as more appeared. Tiny little droplets of the clear fluid sought to escape and drift away from his member. Zvezda made sure to chase them down, catching them with his tongue and pulling them into his muzzle before locking eyes with Zahfear and licking his lips.

“Silly fox," Zahfear murmured with a smile and caressed Zvezda's muzzle, and the fox nuzzled into the paw with a chirr. Zahfear gently guided his muzzle back to his cock though, and he obediently parted his lips and placed them around the very tip of the wolf's shaft. Zahfear's breath caught when he sucked his lips tight around the flesh and lowered his muzzle over his lover's maleness. Slowly he took Zahfear into his mouth. He used his tongue to guide the length carefully between his fangs before pressing it against the underside of that wonderful hot hardness.

Zvezda laid a paw on Zahfear's bare thigh, feeling the soft fur under his pads. His other paw wrapped around his own very hard cock and stroked from his tip down to his base. When his nose finally brushed into Zahfear's pubic fur and he had the wolf's whole length in his slender muzzle, a paw rested on his head. Zahfear's paw held him there with a firm yet gentle pressure, keeping him from pulling back just yet. He looked up at the wolf and with satisfaction found him peering back at him with tongue lolling out of his muzzle and eyes clouded with pleasure.

Warmth blossomed in Zvezda's chest and he couldn't help his ears from swiveling and folding back submissively. Behind Zahfear, through the window, he could see the vast expanse of the universe unfolded before him. Bright stars shone in the dark void, and Titan's great clouds churned below in a swirl of orange and yellow like a gob of paint on the cosmic palette. There was nowhere he would rather be than here with his mate, on his figurative knees, doing this for him.

Zvezda lifted his paw from Zahfear's thigh and reached for the wolf's. Zahfear smiled and took his paw and they squeezed each other's paws tight for a moment. The two shared an intimate and primal connection in the stillness, and Zvezda felt the beating of his mate's heart against his tongue and his palm.

Finally Zahfear eased the pressure on his head, and the fox pulled his muzzle back until just the tip remained in his mouth. He pressed back down right away, taking Zahfear's cock back into his mouth in one slick motion. He set into a quick rhythm, up and down over the wolf's cock again and again while sucking tight and licking him all over. All this fueled his other paw which steadily stroked his own length.

Zvezda's rhythm remained undisturbed when Zahfear gently pushed them off the window and spun them around slowly. Now floating in the middle of the room, the wolf tugged his shirt off and let it drift away. Zvezda glanced up and admired the wolf's well defined pecs and abs as he stretched his arms and laced his fingers behind his head as if lounging on a bed. Zahfear smirked down at the fox and Zvezda felt his cheeks flush. He closed his eyes and instead poured all his focus on the cock in his mouth, content to let his mate enjoy the view of both his fox and the starscape behind him.

Zahfear was moaning softly and Zvezda was sending little droplets of pre flying as he stroked himself when their knots had both inflated. With a muted pop he finally pulled his muzzle from the wolf's shaft and nuzzled over his thigh. He was left panting lightly to catch his breath while Zahfear smiled down at him and petted over his ears. Zvezda kicked his pants off the rest of the way while his wolf helped him out of his hoodie and shirt, and in a moment starlight bathed their bare fur.

Zvezda pulled himself over to his closet and slid the door open and rummaged inside one of the compartments within. He extricated two bundles of straps and buckles and turned and tossed one of them across the room. It glided weightlessly through the air until Zahfear caught it in his paws and began to unfold the harness.

“I'm starting to wonder if you just say we need these in zero gravity," Zahfear teased as he pulled the harness over his head. The leather straps ran over his chest and over his shoulders and under his arms, and were connected by steel rings.

Zvezda's face flushed and flicked his ears even as pulled on his own harness. “Well it wouldn't be very fun trying to chase me across the room, would it?" he said as he fastened the lower straps around his thighs.

He let out a yelp when Zahfear suddenly collided with him and sent him tumbling. “Maybe I like chasing foxes," Zahfear said with a playful growl and tried to grab onto Zvezda. The fox slipped through his paws, however, and he careened towards the corner of the room.

Zvezda got his feet under him and against the wall, using a rung to hold himself there. The muscles in Zvezda's legs coiled in anticipation as Zahfear came gliding towards him, paws outstretched. The fox released the rung and sprung off the wall, shooting over Zahfear's back and giving the wolf only enough time to swipe at his tail while he giggled.

Zvezda grabbed for one of the belts strapped across his bed, meant for holding the occupant in place during sleep, when suddenly the wolf was on him. Straps from Zahfear's harness locked onto the rings on Zvezda's thighs with a pair of clicks before a pair of strong arms wrapped him in a hug around his chest.

“Got you," Zahfear huffed proudly in Zvezda's ear before giving the chocolate brown triangle a playful nip. The wolf's hard maleness pressed against Zvezda's rear and the fox shivered. Unable to overcome instinct, Zvezda's tail flagged upwards and he pressed his rear back into Zahfear's hips with a needy huff. He tested the movement of his legs against the straps attached to his thighs, and found that the other end of the straps were fixed to Zahfear's own thighs, pulling him closer.

Zahfear withdrew a small bottle from the nightstand drawer beside the bed and pressed out a spurt of clear gel, letting it hang in the air while he returned the bottle. He took the glob and Zvezda listened with perked ears to Zahfear's little sigh as he smeared the lubricant over his length, anticipation welling up in the fox's chest. Suddenly Zahfear's paws were on him, spreading his rear with one and pressing a couple fingers to his entrance with the other. The fox's breath caught for a moment as the cool gel touched under his tail and shivered when Zahfear pushed those two fingers inside him. The wolf teased him by pumping his fingers in and out until Zvezda finally whined with need, his own cock pulsing from Zahfear pressing against his prostate.

Zahfear chuckled and withdrew before wrapping the fox in a one-armed hug around his chest, and Zvezda suddenly felt the wolf's slick paw dive between his legs and grip his hard arousal. He groaned with pleasure as Zahfear delivered a long slow stroke up and down his length, smearing the remainder of the lubricant over his flesh. His noises earned more playful nips to his ears. Zahfear's hard maleness was pressed directly under Zvezda's tail, the slick flesh rubbing over his entrance.

“Ready, Fox?" Zahfear asked breathily.

Zvezda nodded. “Please. Fuck me," he answered in a near whisper.

He was sure Zahfear was grinning when he released him and straightened. His mate spread his ass open again and he felt Zahfear begin to push. The wolf's cock speared into him easily, pressing through his anal ring and spreading it open wide. They both groaned in pleasure and Zvezda willed himself to relax and accept his mate's cock. He felt both of Zahfear's paws spreading his cheeks, and he turned his head to take a peek. Zahfear's tongue was lolling out of his muzzle as he stared down, evidently watching his cock disappear into Zvezda's stretching hole with great satisfaction. Zahfear caught his eyes and grinned, to which Zvezda beamed back.

Zahfear plunged his length the rest of the way in and Zvezda felt the wolf's knot kiss his ring. The other male penetrated satisfyingly deep into his hips, filling him up and pressing against his prostate. Zahfear wasted no time in taking hold of the strap resting just above Zvezda's tail and using it for leverage while he began to thrust his hips. Zvezda moaned in pleasure as he felt Zahfear's cock retreat and then press back up his ass quickly, the wolf setting into a rapid rhythm.

The air was filled with their panting along with Zvezda's moans and Zahfear's growls of pleasure as the two males mated. Zvezda's cock throbbed with each of Zahfear's thrusts up his ass, his cock grinding over his prostate each time. The fox was forced to hold onto the bed's strap with both paws, lest they go careening around the room. It didn't seem to matter though, as Zahfear's thrusting was steadily drawing Zvezda's orgasm closer and closer all on its own.

Zvezda let his head hang low, ears pinned back in submission as he basked in the pleasure of being taken by another male up his ass again and again. He felt his body adapting to the intrusion, his walls squeezing and relaxing around Zahfear's member in time with his rhythm. Zvezda could feel his orgasm bubbling up, each of the wolf's thrust driving him closer to the precipice. His moans pitched higher as Zahfear's thrusting grew heavier and faster.

“Please, don't stop!" Zvezda begged, his voice carrying an effeminate edge now as he felt dam begin to break. His knot flared, and his inner walls began to spasm faster around Zahfear's cock. That wonderful wolf didn't let up, and put his full strength into the thrusts, yanking on the harness and pulling the fox into his hips.

Zvezda felt his inner walls clamp down around Zahfear's cock, and the wolf must have felt it too, choosing that moment to heave and slam his knot against his hole until he popped it inside the stubborn opening with a snarl. Pleasure electrified every nerve in Zvezda's body as his tailhole clamped around the girth of the knot inside him. His cock was throbbing, spurting under him without even touching himself. Rope after rope of cloudy white semen surged from his body. It was practically a footnote to the pleasure of spasming around the wolf. Like a coiled spring, all of the tension in his body needed somewhere to go, and was flowing out of him in spurts through his cock.

Then Zahfear groaned and shuddered behind him, cursing under his breath. Zvezda's ears pinned back as far as they could go and he clutched as tight as he could manage around the wolf's cock as he spilled his seed into the fox. In moments he felt the blossoming warmth deep within his hips. Whatever blood he had to spare went to the fox's face from the feeling and knowledge that he had been bred by this other male, his mate.

They were both panting heavily in the afterglow when Zvezda peeked under himself. Some of his fluids clung to the fabric of the sheets, while other ropes hung lewdly suspended in the air, slowly collapsing into spherical shapes.

“Someone's going to have to clean up this mess you made, Fox," Zahfear said between breaths. Zvezda turned his head to find that the wolf had captured one of the cloudy white orbs of fluid now dissipating around the room. He tugged it along carefully with the point of a claw and over to Zvezda's muzzle with a smirk.

Zvezda blushed, but parted his muzzle obligingly, and Zahfear prodded the orb of fox cum inside. Zvezda closed his mouth and tasted his own semen on his tongue and swallowed it down, feeling the heat it still retained as it slid down inside him.

“Good boy," Zahfear said and pressed a kiss to his muzzle while wrapping him in a hug, rubbing over the fur on his chest. Zvezda finally released the strap on the bed and let his paws fall to Zahfear's on his chest.

They drifted together weightlessly in the air, bound together now by Zahfear's knot as well as the harness straps. They turned slowly, and Titan came back into view through the broad windows. For a moment, Zvezda tried to think of something to say, but instead he remained quiet and enjoyed this moment in the warmth of his mate's embrace.

There was nothing he could say that was more profound than that.