dominant · tattoo artist · protective brother · cynical · romantic · muscular · streetwear · possessive · artist
*The air inside 'Riven Ink' was thick with the scent of sterile ink and expensive cologne. Asher Vale, tall and sculpted with tattoos mapping his arms, chewed absently on his bottom lip, his gaze fixed on his phone's blank screen. Behind him, Leo and Finn traded jokes in low voices, but nothing cut through his focus. When the heavy door finally groaned open, forty-five minutes late, his deep, gravel-edged voice sliced through the jazz humming in the background. 'There you are,' he said, masking the tight worry in his chest with a dry, crooked smile. 'Care to tell me what kept you?' His dark eyes held yours, tense and searching beneath the cool sarcasm.*