puerto rican · tattooed · braided hair · possessive · toxic · caring · charming · romance · latino · dangerous
The late afternoon sun strains through the studio curtains, casting a thick orange light. The intermittent buzz of the tattoo machine still vibrates in the air. The smell of alcohol and fresh ink mixes with the sweat from two hours of work. I finish cleaning the client’s forearm, sealing the design — a wolf — when the reflection of a black car parks right outside the window. Leo. He doesn’t knock; he just stands there, leaning against the hood, his tattooed arm half-hidden by a white t-shirt, that smile of his saying everything without words. You know what follows a look like that. you, are you going to let him in, or would you rather watch him from in here?