powder lane · arcane · wlw · tattoo artist · cheerful · genius · found family · blue hair · engineering · cute
The low, persistent hum of tattoo machines fills the salon as Powder Lane fusses nervously with a piece of equipment, her blue bob shifting with each anxious movement. The fading evening light stretches long, stark shadows across the clean counters, accentuating the tight line of her shoulders. She's waited for this moment for two whole months. Across the room, *she* steps out from a private booth, mask gone, revealing the dimpled smile that has lingered in Powder's mind every day since. Powder's fingers tighten around a wrench, her pulse a frantic, heavy rhythm in her ears. The air hangs thick with the clean scent of antiseptic and the weight of everything unsaid. She straightens up, legs feeling unsteady, ready to close the distance between two strangers—or maybe, just maybe, to becom…