Tonic by Staci Hart

Author:Staci Hart [Hart, Staci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Promise Socks Publishing
Published: 2016-10-12T21:00:00+00:00

FIRE AND ICE

Annika

THE TATTOO SESSION LASTED JUST over three hours, and I kept my cool, reminding myself every time I got weird that I would, in fact, have his naked body in front of me within a matter of hours.

My eyes lasered in on where he touched her skin, thinking about his hands on my skin, cranking up my body heat through the course of the day. What I’d do to him when I got my hands on him played in loops, changing every time. There was so much I wanted from his body, and I didn’t know just how much time I had left. I mean, if the show was picked up for another season, we could repeat the process again, but the thought of walking away from him before I was satisfied narrowed my eyes and sped up my heart.

Somehow, the genial smile stayed on my face, and I asked them both questions, her about her piece, him about his process, the tools he used, all the classics. We recorded the reveal of her tattoo in the mirror a handful of times, though I know we’d use the first, her tear-filled eyes, fingers pressed to her lips and nose as she whispered its perfection.

Joel smiled, lips together, arms folded, looking relaxed, like this was just something he did every day, nothing new. But I could feel the pride radiating off of him. It was the same feeling we’d talked about with my tattoo — her happiness was tangible. I definitely didn’t feel that way when I’d gotten mine, and I considered asking him to draw something up for me after all, wanting to see that pride on his face, happiness on my own, something we could share. His mark, on me.

I was overwhelmed by the thought and cleared my throat. “June, let’s get you two saying goodbye and then I think we’ll wrap for the day.” I was glad we were still rolling, because she smiled and nodded before bounding into Joel’s arms, her brows together and eyes pinched closed.

He looked a little surprised, eyes widening just a touch as he wrapped tentative arms around her. I couldn’t even be jealous — the embrace was so pure and genuine that I found myself smiling and warmth blooming in my chest.

They walked to the door where we went through a few rounds of her thanking him, walking out, waving, smiling. And then, we cut. The crew milled around for a while, moving back to the makeup room where the table of food stood, everyone wiped from the long day of filming, though I knew the editing crew was just gearing up to run all night upstairs.

I could barely breathe the same air as Joel, circling around him like a magnet, keeping that invisible barrier between us so I wouldn’t give myself away. Instead, I made myself busy with directing everyone on what to do next, even though they mostly knew. June left. The crew began to disperse, the cameramen taking their gear upstairs to pass off, the engineers storing equipment, the PAs cleaning up.

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