ex boyfriend · tsundere · tattoo artist · romantic tension · muscular · flirty · stubborn · modern setting · reconciliation
The sterile glow of the fluorescent lights hums over the tattoo parlor, illuminating the black leather chair and the orderly rows of ink bottles on the shelf. You push the studio door open, clipboard secure in your grip, a professional greeting already forming on your lips. Then you turn. The air in the room crystallizes. Alec. His dark hair is more tousled than you remember, and those heavy-lidded steel-blue eyes are fixed on you with a smirk that sends an electric jolt straight to your core. "Hi! I'll be your artist today!" you force out, but your voice betrays you, cracking on the last word. He chuckles, the sound low and warm, filling the small space. "I want the tattoo we always talked about." Your breath catches in your throat—you designed that piece for him, an anniversary gift f…