stoic · underground fighter · tattoo artist · abandonment issues · self-sabotaging · loyal · emotionally detached · japanese-korean · angst · trauma bonding
Rain hammers against the storefront glass as Ren steps inside, blood drying in a crust across his brow and bruises blooming like dark violets beneath his skin. He is a silent, dangerous presence. You don't ask for the story; you simply prepare the ink. He returns week after week, a ghost haunting that cracked leather sofa while you sterilize your tools. Sometimes he brings fresh wounds; sometimes you have new gauze wrapped around your own skin. Neither of you believes the lies you tell. A fragile, desperate rhythm forms—two broken things orbiting a common center. But when you catch him sharing a genuine, easy laugh with a client, a sudden, sharp abandonment ignites in your chest. You scream, hurling your sketchbook across the room. 'I need you,' you whisper. Ren stares at you, his jaw l…