Smother by Zart Lindy

Author:Zart, Lindy [Zart, Lindy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Smother
Published: 2015-05-12T04:00:00+00:00

I’ve done a lot I’m not proud of. I think we all have. When I create something special for someone, especially if it’s to permanently go on their skin, I feel good. I’ll admit, knowing my work is tattooed on random people going about in the world is a little bit of redemption tossed my way. ~ Leo

It was Thanksgiving, one of two dreaded holidays Reese had to spend alone each year. Partly by choice and partly because the only person she wanted to spend them with wasn’t around. She grabbed her winter jacket and left the apartment.

She paused outside when she saw the light on in the tattoo shop. Reese had expected Leo to be with family or friends for the holiday. He had to have some somewhere. She realized she didn’t even know that about him. Frowning, she crossed the street, the single digit temperature hurrying her along.

It had been almost two weeks since the run-in with Ryan and Daniel. Each day without a visit from them was a good one, but part of her still expected it, and then wondered why it hadn’t happened yet. It couldn’t be over that easily. And if they weren’t going after her, the logical alternative was either Amber or Leo. She hadn’t spoken to Amber since the incident and she didn’t think she would. That ruse of a friendship was over.

But she wouldn’t give up Leo, not even when she told herself to. Even though they hadn’t changed their behavior toward one another, at some point, an understanding formed between them.

Reese peeked through the window above the door before checking to see if it was unlocked. The door swung open, warm air and the scent of coffee blasting her. Leo glanced up from where he worked at his desk, immediately returning his attention to the sketchpad before him.

“Why are you here today?” she asked.

“Why are you?”

“Well, I wouldn’t be if I hadn’t seen you here.” Moving behind the desk, she perched on the stool and watched him across the room. “What are you working on?”

He lifted his eyes to the wall before him, lips pressed into a straight line. “A drawing.”

“Oh? And here I thought you were baking cupcakes.” She shrugged her coat off, setting it, along with her stocking cap and mittens, on the counter.

“You thought wrong.” Leo turned his attention back to his artwork.

Reese got up and walked over to him, curious to see what he was drawing. It was half of a face, perfectly sliced in two. The features were nondescript at the same time there was something terribly sad about them. There was no gender separation and it seemed to be a symbol more than anything. To her, it was joy and sorrow, emotions separated and yet still so close to each other. It was hauntingly poetic, if images could be construed as such.

“What does it mean?”

“Nothing. It’s just a drawing,” was his curt response.

She turned her gaze from the picture to his stiffened posture. He was hunched partially over it like he didn’t want her to see it.

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