Pounding Skin by L.A. Witt

Author:L.A. Witt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 19

Walking into the tattoo shop didn’t fill Jon with dread or apprehension anymore. Quite the opposite, in fact. Especially since he wasn’t facing the prospect of getting more ink of his own. Once in a while, he still entertained the idea of getting that Super Hornet tattoo, and he’d floated it by Matt a few times, but the memory of his ass cheek getting carved up was still a wee bit too fresh for him to commit to more.

Colin looked up from some paperwork as Jon came in, and called over his shoulder, “Huffman. Your man’s here.”

A buzzing tattoo needle quieted, and Matt poked his head out of the side room. “Hey. Almost done.” He said something to the person he was working on, then looked back at Jon. “You can come back here if you want to.”

Jon met Colin’s gaze, eyebrows up for confirmation. When the owner nodded, Jon went into the side room.

“Sorry I’m running a little late,” Matt said.

“It’s fine.” Jon smiled. “We’re not in any hurry.” And we both know you need the money. “Take your time.”

Matt stood to press a quick kiss to Jon’s lips, then sat back down and continued working.

A young woman was perched on the massage table with her pant leg rolled up. Another sat in a chair against the wall. Students from one of the universities nearby, if Jon had to guess.

So much for the health department forbidding extra people, but he’d always suspected that had been bullshit.

The woman on the table played with her phone while Matt worked on a long-stemmed rose that wrapped around her calf. He glanced up at Jon. “I’ll be done here in about half an hour. Feel free to take a seat.”

“You don’t mind?” Jon asked the woman getting inked.

She shrugged. “I’m not the one who has to concentrate. It’s fine by me.”

Jon leaned against the wall. A chair seemed like it would make the little room too crowded. From here, he had a clear view of Matt’s handiwork. As much as needles bothered him, Jon had always been okay with watching his friends get inked. In fact it was actually interesting. Matt would dip the needle in the ink, then put it to the skin, but it wasn’t like drawing with a pen, where the ink rolled onto the surface in a smooth line. It was more like a blob around the end of the needle. How Matt could see what he was doing, Jon couldn’t begin to fathom.

It was so strange how a tattoo looked like an awful mess when it was in progress, but as soon as the blood and excess ink were gone, the actual art came through. With the blob wiped away, the lines were crisp and precise, and the colors and shadows smooth.

Matt’s work was amazing, too. Jon couldn’t draw to save his life, but Matt could put a two-dimensional design on a three-dimensional canvas, and make it look like it belonged there. Lines and curves followed the planes and contours of backs, hips, and muscles.

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