"I know, I know," he murmurs, pulling in another slow breath. His body is betraying him. Maybe it's just stress looking for a release, maybe it's pure shock, maybe it's too many memories of too many nights alone and aching with something he wanted so badly so tantalizingly close. Probably, in the end, it doesn't matter.

"Kiss me again." He tugs Tom's chin up with his fingertips, hurting and needy. "Please..."