{"sf1_id":48,"sf2_id":"YnLRVPve","title":"Comfort","author":"Tony Greyfox","words":2028,"posted_at":"1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["M/M","Raccoon","Skunk"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/48-comfort","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/YnLRVPve","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/0c/01/0c014c61-7ff3-4540-8d53-2b48c4db37de","description":"","content":"Comfort  \nBy Tony Greyfox  \n  \n\"Seeya, 'Tasha!\" the raccoon called over his shoulder as he stepped  \nonto the curb from the passenger's side of the car. The human waved  \namiably  \nto him as the door closed.  \n  \n\"Remember that test Monday, Colin!\" the fox in the back seat called.  \n\"Ancient history, the important stuff.\"  \n  \nColin slung his backpack over his shoulder and stuck his tongue out at  \nthe fox. \"Just because you don't get it doesn't mean I don't, Ker,\" he  \nreplied in his lightly accented voice.  \n  \n\"I haven't gotten it in weeks,\" came a laughing voice as the vehicle  \npulled away. Colin chuckled and shook his head, then walked up the  \nhalf- block to the home he shared with his love. A calico cat twined  \nherself through his ankles as he dug out his keys, and he bent to  \nscratch behind her ears lightly.  \n  \n\"Hi, Nikki,\" he smiled down at her; she meowed and bent her head into  \nhis scratching happily. She'd taken some time to get used to his  \npresence, but after a couple of months in the same home, she had  \nfinally accepted him into the family. He stood and surveyed the  \nwindows of the two-story home - nothing except a flickering light in  \nErik's study upstairs that was probably his computer. Must've gone out  \nfor a bit, the 'coon thought.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Finally digging his keys out of his jeans, Colin went to unlock the  \ndoor, only to discover it was already unlocked. He stared at it a  \nmoment. \"That's strange,\" he murmured. Erik was fanatical about  \nlocking the door when he left... maybe he'd left in a hurry? The 'coon  \nshook his head and stepped inside, avoiding the cat angling through  \nhis feet and locking  \nthe door behind him.  \n  \n\"Erik?\" he called, getting no response. He flipped on the light and  \nsurveyed the living room; nothing but an empty tea cup on the table.  \nThe kitchen was similarly empty. No note, nothing on the answering  \nmachine, no sign of his mate. He shrugged and turned up the stairs.  \n  \nThe door to Erik's study was slightly ajar, and Colin noticed that  \nflickering light once again; he tossed his pack into his own study  \nroom, then pushed the door open, and stopped dead.  \n  \n\"Erik?\"  \n  \nA set of candles flickered on the small table that sat in the middle  \nof the room; the skunk believed in a comfortable place to work, and  \nhis keyboard had enough reach and his screen enough size that he could  \nsit across the room and type with no difficulty. He wasn't working  \nright now, though.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Erik sat, his knees drawn to his chest and his arms and thick, striped  \ntail wrapped around his feet. His head was down on his knees, staring  \ndully at the candles, and as Colin stepped into the room, he looked up  \nslightly, and the candlelight glistened off his white cheekfur, matted  \nand damp.  \n  \nThe raccoon stepped closer, slowly. \"Erik? You okay, love?\" he  \nwhispered.  \n  \n\"No.\"  \n  \nColin started to get scared; he'd never seen his lover like this  \nbefore. Normally, Erik was buoyant - sure, he had his moments, and  \nthey both knew he was depressive, but never to a point this deep. He  \nknelt and took one of Erik's paws; it came away from his knee limply,  \nsagging. \"What is it?\" he asked, holding the paw tight. \"Is something  \nwrong?\"  \n  \nThe tip of Erik's tail drooped a little, and his eyes focused on the  \ncandles again, his head dropping onto his knees again. \"They pulled my  \ncontract.\"  \n  \n\"What?\" Colin breathed, shocked. Erik had been working for several  \nmonths on a project overseeing a history of the University Village,  \nthe area they lived in, and one that had existed along with the  \nUniversity of British Columbia. \"But... how could they do that?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; The skunk sighed heavily and shook his head. \"They... the committee  \ndecided they wanted a \\_human\\_ history of the area, not a fur history.\"  \nHe sobbed slightly. \"I showed them what I've done, all the interviews,  \nthe writing, with everything included, and they pulled out a lawyer  \nand said 'It's not what we're looking for an... and... and we want a  \nhuman to do the work.'\" He shook with an incongruous, tortured giggle  \nfor a moment. \"Then they said 'No offense, we're sure you're very  \ncompetent.'\"  \n  \n\"Oh, no, love,\" Colin whispered, sitting next to the skunk and putting  \nhis arms around his body. Erik uncoiled and turned towards Colin's  \ntouch, putting his muzzle into Colin's chest and sobbing  \nuncontrollably. The 'coon held him as he cried, stroking his headfur,  \nrubbing the back of his neck and whispering soothingly in his ear.  \n  \n\"I thought this was going to be the one, Colin,\" Erik moaned. \"The one  \nthat got through the stupid prejudices, that got me into the business  \nfor real. But those fools...\"  \n  \n\"Those fools don't know what they're losing,\" Colin said firmly,  \nsilencing Erik by pulling him to him tightly. \"The work you've been  \ndoing was wonderful. Your contract should hold them...\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Erik shook his head against Colin's chest. \"No,\" he sighed. \"I  \nchecked. There's an escape clause that I missed the first time  \nthrough.\"  \n  \n\"Then just remember to check for that next time, love,\" Colin  \nwhispered. \"You can use the work you've already done for other  \nprojects, right? So do something in competition with them!\"  \n  \nErik didn't say anything for a moment, then turned his tear-streaked  \nface up to look at his mate. \"That would really piss them off,  \nwouldn't it?\" Colin nodded and the flicker of a smile passed over  \nErik's face, then left again and he leaned back into the embrace.  \n  \nRocking back and forth, Colin held his love close, feeling him relax a  \nlittle at a time, and bent to kiss him softly on the forehead. \"I love  \nyou, Erik,\" he said into the curved shell of his mate's ear, which  \nflickered against his lips; the skunk curled his broad tail around and  \nlightly wrapped it around the raccoon's slim waist, and Colin twined  \nhis own fluffy tail around the larger one holding him.  \n  \nHis nose brushing through the raccoon's chest fur, Erik once again  \nturned his face up, this time to kiss Colin's neck gently. \"Thank  \nyou,\" he whispered, squeezing softly with his tail. \"You're so good to  \nme.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Colin smiled down at the skunk. \"I'm always here for you, love. You  \nknow that. Anything you want, you just have to ask.\"  \n  \nA smile played across Erik's lips. \"Make love to me?\"  \n  \n\"That's something you don't even have to ask for, my love.\" Colin  \nstood and scooped his larger mate up, carrying him into the bedroom  \nthey shared and setting him on their bed. He held himself leaning over  \nhis lover and leaned forward, their muzzles meeting; Erik's lips  \nparted slightly, allowing Colin's tongue to touch his lightly, then  \nwith a little more force as his paws stroked through Erik's chest fur,  \nclaws scraping lightly against the skin beneath.  \n  \nErik smiled up at Colin as the 'coon stripped away his jeans, then  \nunbuttoned his love's shorts and skinned them off, leaving them both  \nnaked. Colin stretched out along his mate's body, their fur rustling  \nagainst one another as they kissed once again, his paw following the  \ncurve of the skunk's body to his swelling sheath, stroking it until  \nthe pink tip emerged, his own arousal pressing to Erik's hip. The  \nskunk's paw started to return the favor, but Colin stopped its motion.  \n\"Just relax, love,\" he whispered against Erik's neck. \"You need this.\"  \nErik nodded and lay back, his breathing starting to speed up a little  \nas his erection built.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Colin rolled atop his lover and kissed him in the hollow of the  \nthroat, licked his way up to the point of his muzzle, damping the fur  \nslightly, then kissed both tear-dampened cheeks, tasting the salt  \nthere. He worked his way down to Erik's chest and kissed the hardened  \nnipples,  \nthen slid all the way down and kissed the pearl of liquid from the tip  \nof his hardness before looking back up at his lover. \"Ready?\" He  \nsmiled at the languid nod he received in return, and levered himself  \nup, rolling his mate over to his belly.  \n  \nAgain pressing his body along Erik's entire length, Colin kissed the  \nback of the skunk's neck, sending a shiver through him as his erection  \npushed against the firmness of his buttocks. He went to his knees and  \nnuzzled into the white patch that ran down the inside of Erik's  \nthighs, then flicked his tongue through it, trailing it over his soft  \nscrotum. Erik moaned slightly, his hips thrusting into the bed and his  \ntail draping across Colin's shoulders, twitching slightly.  \n  \nColin brought his tongue up and pressed it into the cleft of Erik's  \nbuttocks, touching his sensitive flesh and earning another moan and a  \nlow, unintelligible whisper. He smiled and nuzzled the base of Erik's  \ntail, which lifted up and flipped over to lay along his back, exposing  \nhis anus for Colin's ministrations. The 'coon probed gently with his  \ntongue, pressing himself forward a little, circling and pressing  \nagainst the tightness there, as Erik squirmed beneath him, panting  \nslightly.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Finally, Colin lifted himself up and lay forward once again, the tip  \nof his shaft touching the wetness he had left on Erik's opening. The  \nskunk shivered slightly, lifting his hips towards Colin's weight, and  \nwhispered, \"Mmh, yes, love...\" Colin obliged, thrusting himself  \nforward, feeling a little resistance before his cock found its way and  \nslid deep into Erik's body. Both furs moaned deeply as Colin's furred  \nhips met his lover's buttocks; they lay there for long moments, Colin  \nnibbling at his mate's neck, panting at the warmth and depth that Erik  \nheld him, before he pulled back and began a slow, inexorable motion,  \nstroking his shaft into Erik's ass.  \n  \nThe skunk whined slightly and Colin felt him tense around the hardness  \nthat was invading him, his tail flipping back to curl around Colin's  \nbody; Colin curled his tail around underneath him to tickle and tease  \nErik's balls and sheath with the slim, furred tip while continuing to  \nride his depths, the skunk's body warm around him, one paw stroking  \nthe muscled back that heaved beneath him. Erik whimpered and groaned  \nas his hips pumped back to meet his lover's, the sounds muffled by the  \npillows he lay on, his paws reaching back to stroke through Colin's  \nfur.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Speeding up his pace, Colin started to drive himself deeply into his  \nlove's grip, their bodies meeting strongly as they both strained at  \none another, until the skunk abruptly arched his back and screamed in  \npleasure, his muscles contracting reflexively around Colin's prick as  \nhe came, spurting into the bedsheets beneath him, his tail flagging.  \nThe throbbing on his erection abruptly brought Colin over as well, and  \nhe held himself deep inside his love, joining his cries of pleasure to  \nErik's as their orgasms melded into one.  \n  \nThe spasms racking the lovers trailed off finally, and Colin collapsed  \nonto Erik's back, his slowly dwindling cock still inside Erik, his  \narms around the skunk's chest, hugging him tight as they drifted  \ntogether in their afterglows. Regretfully, he slowly rolled to one  \nside, slipping out of his love, who turned to face him, touching his  \nmuzzle to Colin's with a smile. Colin returned the look and pulled  \nErik to him with arms and tail. \"Feel better, love?\" he asked softly,  \ngratified to see another smile as Erik nodded.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"I think I'll be okay now, Colin,\" Erik murmured sleepily. \"Just  \nknowing you're here for me helps. Thank you.\"  \n  \nColin squeezed his lover tight and kissed the top of his head,  \nwatching as his eyes drifted shut and his breathing became deeper as  \nthe skunk fell into sleep, his head pillowed on Colin's chest. The  \nraccoon watched him silently for a few minutes before whispering  \nsoftly, \"And I always will be here for you, my love. Thank you.\" Warm  \nagainst his love's fur, he allowed himself to join him in sleep once  \nagain.  \n  \n  \n  \n\"Comfort\"  \nCopyright 1997, Tony Greyfox.  \nDistribution limited to electronic media not-for-profit use only.  \nAll other rights are reserved to the author.  \n[[email\u0026nbsp;protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection)  \n  \n\n"}