#the couples tattoo that Carol and Tommy get is the heart with names on the forearm from the Buffy episode ‘Anne’

[slashify]

Warnings: needles, tattoos being given in the story, passing out, piercings (not being giving in the story), memories of bullying, memories of swirlies.

Tommy and Carol come into Eddie’s shop one day. He can tell they’ve barely done their research, but he and Steve are the only ones close to 5 star artists within at least ten miles, so he figures they just went with whoever Yelp or Google or whatever said was best.

They clearly don’t recognize him. It’s not the first time someone he knew in high school doesn’t. Hell, Steve hadn’t recognized him at the expo where they’d met again. He gets it. He could pass for any number of metalheads or goths or punks if you don’t know what you’re looking for. And they’d barely given him a second glance in high school, except to giggle in his general direction about him being trailer trash or a super senior, or whatever they felt made him beneath them that week.

Eddie is a fucking professional, okay?

He plays up being Mr. Helpful. Flashes his pierced tongue and pretends not to notice both of them noticing it.

And Steve’s name is right there on the flash they’re checking out.

They pick a couples tattoo Eddie hates so much he’s lobbied Steve at least a dozen times to take it out of their portfolio. The side of Steve that his father put through several ill-fated business courses always comes out to reason with Eddie. It’s popular, it’s easy, it makes them easy money… And after a few rounds of that plus a shoulder massage that has him wondering if Steve should change careers, Eddie always relents.

Carol volunteers to go first, which makes sense considering what Eddie remembers of her from school. It takes a good while, even though it’s basic, and Tommy keeps asking her if she needs water, but Carol is handling it like a champ. Eddie knows Tommy is trying to work out his own nerves. He makes sure Tommy knows where the water cooler is.

Tommy scuttles over to get himself a cup and Eddie decides to engage with Carol.

“So how long have you two been together?”

Carol takes a deep breath and sighs it out. “About eight years. High school sweethearts, ya know?”

Eddie let’s out a noncommittal mmhm. “That’s sweet.”

Carol breathes deliberately deeply as he colors over the big vein in her forearm. “Mm. What about you? You got a girl?”

Eddie pauses with the tattoo gun in case she reacts badly, pulls away and says, “Not. Not a girl, no. I’ve been with my partner a few years now. He’s one of the other artists here. You need a break?”

Carol takes a break. Takes water from a shaky Tommy. Takes slow breaths. Eddie thinks they’re going to get back to it, but she pauses. Gets up and pulls the back of her yoga pants down a little to display a really shitty lower back tattoo. A dolphin with tribal details stretched from one ass dimple to the other, the whole thing badly scarred, ink skipping whole lines. Tommy looks like she just stripped off to her birthday suit in the middle of downtown.

“You guys do coverups?” She asks. Eddie nods. They get back to work. Eddie asks her what she’d like to cover up the lower back tattoo and is surprised when she has a few ideas. She asks if black roses could cover up the shitty tribal, if he could do a heart to cover the dolphin. They toss ideas back and forth, and by the time she’s done she has a second appointment with Eddie for a coverup. When she’s done, Eddie takes a minute. Tells them he needs to stretch out his fingers, needs a smoke break.

And he’s a professional, okay? He’s a fucking professional. And he knows this isn’t high school anymore, but he also knows how Tommy’s fingers feel in his hair when he shoves Eddie’s face into a toilet. He takes a page out of Carol’s book. Deep, slow breaths.

Tommy is not as much of a trooper as Carol is. He holds his breath, and when he lets it out it’s panicky. Eddie makes him take a few breaks, gets him a can of pineapple juice. He’s about done with the coloring when Steve comes in with his and Eddie’s lunch. The second Eddie hears Steve’s voice he pulls the gun up and out of range of Tommy.

‘I got you that broccoli stir fry thing, Ed-“ is all Steve gets out before Tommy passes out.

[trishabunny291]

Swiped off @fyrua because enh I need something to do

RULES: ANSWER THESE 85 STATEMENTS AND TAG 20 PEOPLE

THE LAST

1. DRINK: cherry pepsi

2. PHONE CALL: My boyfriend

3. TEXT MESSAGE: again my boyfriend

4. SONG YOU LISTENED TO: because I did Zumba today, last got to hear one of the songs from the Wonder Woman Soundtrack

5. TIME YOU CRIED: Full on tears, my brother and @fyrua‘s wedding, just teared up, my boyfriend’s friends’ wedding

6. DATED SOMEONE TWICE: Still dating the first guy I ever really dated, so no

7. KISSED SOMEONE AND REGRETTED IT: Yep

8. BEEN CHEATED ON: Nope

9. LOST SOMEONE SPECIAL: Super close, no, but still...

10. BEEN DEPRESSED: Minorly. I don’t think I’ve ever really had full blown clinical depression though

11. GOTTEN DRUNK AND THROWN UP: Nope, I’ve witnessed it though

3 FAVOURITE COLOURS Orange,blue,purple

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU

15. MADE NEW FRIENDS: Yep, through my boyfriend. Still kind of in my shell though, but I’m getting used to them more an more, they’re a pretty chill bunch

16. FALLEN OUT OF LOVE: Nope, but fallen in love, yes.

17. LAUGHED UNTIL YOU CRIED: Yes, mainly thank cr1tikal,PBG, and brutalmoose

18. FOUND OUT SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU: Not really

19. MET SOMEONE WHO CHANGED YOU: not really I don’t think? idk.

20. FOUND OUT WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE: enh

21. KISSED SOMEONE ON YOUR FACEBOOK LIST: My boyfriend

GENERAL

22. HOW MANY OF YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS DO YOU KNOW IN REAL LIFE: Vast majority, some are internet friends or cousins I’ve never really met

23. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS: Nope, but boyfriend and I have been like “hey, if we ever move in together, we need a cat”

24. DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR NAME :Nope, not unless I get married lol

25. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY: Had a little thing at home with my family and my boyfriend and went to dance practice-and unknownst to me my boyfriend waited for me the entire hour and a half until my practice was done because he wanted to surprise me, which was super sweet

26. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP: fuckin’ noon. My sleep schedule is fuuuucked right now, I keep going to bed super late.

27. WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT: listening to @fyrua ,and then I think I showered?

28. NAME SOMETHING YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR: 

-January because people are retiring and I have a chance at a better part-time or full-time job

-To figure out what kind of better job I want to do

-to get a chance to move out and actually be an adult because I feel kind of useless   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (granted this whole problem partly stems from me having little confidence in myself ha aha aghahahaaaaadjkdjkd)

29. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR MOM: today

31. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: A podcast, Sleepycast 15 at the recommendation of my boyfriend because it has an artist we both like

32. HAVE YOU EVER TALKED TO A PERSON NAMED TOM: Does my (now deceased) great uncle count, being a Tommy

33. SOMETHING THAT IS GETTING ON YOUR NERVES: 

idk mango

34. MOST VISITED WEBSITE: Tumblr, facebook

35. HAIR COLOUR: Medium brown, and apparently I have a couple of wire-y blonde stands in it?

36. LONG OR SHORT HAIR: Long, but not as long as it was last year, ha ha

37. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEONE: I’m dating him

38. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: I like to think I’m hilarious

39. PIERCINGS: I used to have pierced ears but between an incident I had with an earring (IT WENT INTO THE PIERCING ASKSDJSDK) and the fact that I’m allergic to a bunch of metals, I let it grow over

40. BLOOD TYPE: Tried it at a blood booth at a local con for shits and giggles, apparently A+

41. NICKNAME: Trish, Trishie, and if you ask one of the ladies in the place I work at what my name is, I’m Carol

42. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: In a relationship

43. ZODIAC: Aquarius

44. PRONOUNS: She/her

45. FAVOURITE TV SHOW: Steven Universe, Voltron

46. TATTOOS: None

47. RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED: Right

48. SURGERY: Closest I get is oral surgeries

50. SPORT: Not really into major sports, I just dance

51. VACATION: I want to explore other parts of Canada, and I’m also contemplating going to Toronto in 2024 because I saw they’re supposed to have a total solar eclipse then and that’s something I’d love to experience

52. PAIR OF TRAINERS: Assuming this is British lingo, I love wearing memory foam runners

MORE GENERAL

53. EATING: Nothing but contemplating a snack

54. DRINKING: Nothing now

55. I’M ABOUT TO: 

Meme. google said so.

56. WAITING FOR: Things to calm down, hopefully

57. WANT: Memes

58. GET MARRIED: Someday, I hope. Not right now though, we’re not quite ready ha ha

59. CAREER: Currently a Student Laundry aide (I.E. I just put away clean laundry), I’m hoping to move into the main Laundry/Housekeeping department if possible, just so I have something decent while I figure out what I really want to do. All I know is that I want to do something I enjoy.

60. HUGS OR KISSES: sign me the fuck up

61. LIPS OR EYES: Eyes, but boyfriend’s lips are cute too because he’s got a freckle right on his top lip

62. SHORTER OR TALLER: I think I have a minor preference for taller, but it doesn’t matter that much

63. OLDER OR YOUNGER: As long as it’s in within reasonable ranges, either

64. NICE ARMS OR NICE STOMACH:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

65. HOOK UP OR RELATIONSHIP: Relationship

66. TROUBLEMAKER OR HESITANT: If we talkin’ about me I’m hesitant AS FUCK

HAVE YOU EVER:

67. KISSED A STRANGER: Nope

68. DRANK HARD LIQUOR: by itself, no. As part of a mixed drink, yes.

69. LOST GLASSES/CONTACT LENSES: I can’t tell you how many times I’ve misplaced my glasses. I always manage to find them though

70. TURNED SOMEONE DOWN: Yes

71. SEX ON THE FIRST DATE: for me, JESUS CHRIST NO

72. BROKEN SOMEONE’S HEART: Yep and I feel 0 regret because dude was being fairly creepy

73. HAD YOUR HEART BROKEN: I’d like to say no, but thinking back at how I was, yeah

74. BEEN ARRESTED: No

75. CRIED WHEN SOMEONE DIED: Yep

76. FALLEN FOR A FRIEND: Yep and oh my god what the FUCK was I thinking, me of a few years ago

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

77. YOURSELF: Some days, most of the time I don’t really have a lot of confidence   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

78. MIRACLES: meh

79. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: Not really, I think it takes time, but I CAN say I had a gut feeling about my boyfriend and I would date long term on our first date

80. SANTA CLAUS: no

81. KISS ON THE FIRST DATE: depends, I guess. I will admit though that me and my boyfriend didn’t kiss until our 3rd because we’re huge chickens lol

82. ANGELS: 

OTHER:

84. EYE COLOUR: Hazel/brown depending on light and who you ask

85. FAVOURITE MOVIE: really don’t know what to pick so idk

do this if you want I guess?