Title: CheckMate
Author: Leela (leela_cat)
Pairing/Characters: Adam/Tommy
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 11 x 100
Content/Warning(s): Werewolf AU
Author's notes: Written for glam_100, prompt #027: Communicating Without Words. Many thanks to aislinntlc and batdina for the beta, and to @FloridaMinxie and @zoodlemouse13 for the encouragement.


"What in the fuck happened?" Adam stood in the center of the room and glared at the members of his inner pack. As his attention focused on them, they averted their eyes or cowered back into their chairs.

Tommy was the only one who didn't back down, which didn't help Adam's mood.

A growl vibrating through his chest, Adam snarled, "Isaac? Can you explain this?" He dug his fingers into the ruff at the back of Tommy's neck.

Isaac winced but didn't say anything.

Absently scratching behind Tommy's ears, Adam sighed. "I need a guitarist tomorrow night. Not a wolf."

o0o

It's not Isaac's fault, Tommy wanted to say, but he could only rub against Adam's leg, leaving hair all over his pants. Adam lifted his fingers off Tommy's head; Tommy butted Adam's thigh with his head and whined. That shit wasn't on. Didn't Adam know he needed to be touched?

"We found him like that," Kevin said. "This afternoon."

Tommy wound around Adam's legs and sat down in front of him, putting himself between Adam and Kevin.

"Where?"

The snap in Adam's voice had Tommy whining again. He didn't want Adam to be mad. He wanted more grooming, damn it.

o0o

"Where?" Adam repeated, with as much patience as he could manage.

Finally, Neil stepped forward. "Tommy was curled up on your bed with his nose in your pillow."

"You went into my room? Fuck, Neil, that's my space. We had a deal."

"We needed to find Tommy."

"I can't deal with that now. " Adam flicked a hand at Neil and then looked down at Tommy. "Why can't he change back?"

"You don't know?" Moving slowly, Neil stretched a hand toward Tommy.

Crouching down, Adam pulled Tommy against him.

"Think about it." Neil stepped back. "Even you're not that stupid."

o0o

His lip curled to reveal one long fang, Tommy watched Neil retreat back into the loose semi-circle of pack members. Then he turned and licked along Adam's jawline. He tasted of cologne and sweat and just fucking good.

"Ugh." Adam slid a hand between Tommy's muzzle and his own face. "Do you have to?"

Your wolf likes it. Tommy pulled back and looked into Adam's eyes. Want you, he thought as hard as he could.

The only effect was that Adam dropped from a crouch to kneeling. Tommy laid his head on Adam's thigh and breathed in his mate's scent.

o0o

Adam ran his hands through Tommy's fur and tried to remember the lore about shifting between full moons. His mom had once said something about getting stuck in wolf form—

"His fur's softer. He's already changing," Cam said, interrupting Adam's thoughts. She'd moved to sit on the floor next to Tommy and was stroking his side.

Before Adam could ask for an explanation, Tommy whuffed and nudged her arm with his nose. No touching, Adam thought, yanking Tommy away from her, batting her hand away, and growling.

Cam smiled. She patted Adam's shoulder then got up and walked out.

o0o

Too tight! Tommy whined and struggled in Adam's hold. It hurts!

"Be still," Adam snapped.

Tommy licked the side of Adam's face in apology, and Adam covered Tommy's muzzle with his hand. It felt like rejection.

What the fuck? Tommy dug his claws into Adam's leg and shoved, getting free so fast that he slid backwards over the hardwood floor into Terrance. Who reached down to steady him.

The next thing Tommy knew, he was on his back with Adam stretched over him.

"Get out," Adam ordered.

As the others obeyed, Tommy sighed and tucked his head into Adam's neck. Finally!

o0o

Adam pushed himself off Tommy and into a sitting position. He ran his thumb up Tommy's nose and over his forehead, slowly, meditatively.

Every instinct in his body, in his wolf, that had been clamoring for attention calmed as the word, Mine, flashed through him.

"Oh," Adam murmured. He lifted his hands, stared at them, rubbed them together. His fingertips tingled. How could he have forgotten what his mom had taught him?

The sound of claws scrabbling on hardwood brought Adam out of his trance just in time to see Tommy dash out the patio doors into the backyard.

"Fuck!"

o0o

Tommy ran. From his confusion, from his inability to tell Adam what he wanted. From Adam's rejection and the way it made Tommy want to crawl on his belly until Adam got it.

He raced through the backyard and into the trees. There was cool grass under his paws, and his claws tore into the dirt with every step; it felt so good.

His nose twitched as he sorted through the different scents. Plants, raccoon trails, none of them tempted him, none of them smelled quite right.

Goddamn it! Slamming to a halt, Tommy threw back his head and howled.

o0o

The sound, the pain, galvanized Adam. He jumped to his feet, shedding his clothes and shifting into his wolf as he pursued his mate.

My mate. Adam added his own voice to the music Tommy was creating. He crashed through the underbrush, not slowing down until he could see Tommy. Adam growled an order to stay as he leapt, but Tommy ran away again.

With a snap of his teeth, Adam gave chase. He moved faster, finally catching up as Tommy tried to turn away from the wall that marked the boundaries of pack property.

Gathering his strength, Adam pounced.

o0o

Tommy hesitated as he heard Adam howl. Less than a second later, he was flattened to the ground by Adam's weight. Held in place by Adam's sharp teeth digging into his ruff.

It was almost over. A thrill sparked through Tommy. Fuck yeah, he thought.

Adam's answering growl reverberated through him, reassuring Tommy that Adam had understood this time. Tommy stretched his neck, gave Adam the access, the encouragement he needed.

Another growl and then Adam shook Tommy lightly by the ruff, biting down harder. Until Adam's teeth finally, finally sank through thick fur and skin, and Tommy was claimed.

o0o

The taste, the scent of his mate surrounding him, Adam found himself lying in the backyard, curled around an equally naked and human Tommy. "Hey?"

Tommy twisted, displaying the bite at the base of his neck. "Hey."

"My room," Adam said, standing up and scooping a protesting Tommy into his arms.

"I can walk."

"I know."

Pack members scattered as Adam strode inside. Neil was at the front door when they reached the stairs.

"I'm outta here," Neil said. "Text me when it's safe again."

"That'll be never," Tommy said.

Adam laughed and then kissed Tommy as he headed upstairs.