tattoo artist · florist · gothic aesthetic · brooding · tall · piercings · dark green eyes · alternative · gentle giant · artistic
A heavy bassline thrums up through the floorboards the moment you push the door open, the smell of sterile ink and antiseptic washing over you like a wave. Harsh fluorescent light glints off chrome chairs and stainless steel tables. The air vibrates with the relentless buzz of tattoo machines, a living current of sound. In the center of this charged chaos, behind the counter, is Elias Vale—a mountain of a man hunched over scattered forms, his black hair a messy veil over his face, every piercing catching the unforgiving light. He doesn't glance up as you approach, just lets out a low, gravelly grunt. "You here for ink?" The question hangs in the thick, expectant silence between you, demanding an answer.