Tattoos Tell A Story
Part 2 now up (here), Part 3 (here)
Pairing: Simon âGhostâ Riley x F!reader
Summary: Coloring in Ghostâs tattoos has become somewhat of a habit. Itâs this habit thatâs leads you to discovering a tattoo he had gotten done without your knowledge.
Warnings: Fluff, like so much fluff
A/n: This is my first time posting on tumblr and I have no idea what Iâm doing. Requests now open! Pls give me some ideasđ
You found it one day during one of your little âcoloring sessionsâ,A little habit youâve picked up ever since that one rainy day in July. Ghost had just come back from a mission and you both wanted to soak in as much of the other as possible, just bask in one anotherâs presence. Three months with nothing more then a letter exchange here and there, you were gonna enjoy as much time with your boyfriend as possible.
You remember lightly stroking his arm as you curiously asked him why all of his tattoos were so dull.
~*~
âPardon?â He questions if he heard you right.
âYour tattoos, all of them are just black. Thereâs no color.â Your eyes still havenât left where you are softly tracing one of his tattoos, a depiction of an assault rifle rapped in thorns.
He raises his other tattooed arm for inspection, as if he had forgotten what it looked like.
âI donât need emâ all flashy. Besides,â he shrugs,âThink they look better this way.â
You make a noise of disagreement, shaking your head, until a thought seems to strike you, raising your head from where it was previously laying on his shoulder, eyes looking up at him with a mischievous glint.
âWanna bet?â Is all he gets before you bolt out of his grip, standing up to dig through the bedside drawer, grabbing a case of markers out before diving back into bed, a little too excitedly seeing as how the whole thing rocked.
You hold the case up to him as a kid would show a crayon drawing to their parents.
He stares at the markers before flicking his eyes to you.
âWhat are ya doinâ?
You completely ignore him as you smile, a little manically, and turn to grab his arm and get to work.
He may have complained, but he never stopped you.
And he would never admit it out loud, but it did look kinda cool
It also put him to sleep
~*~
And now your little âcoloring sessionsâ have become a bit of a recurring thing.
Sick and stuck in bed? He gives you his arm.
That time of the month and youâre curled under the covers with cramps? Heâs already grabbing the markers for you.
Just having a bit of a lazy cuddle session? Youâre instinctually grabbing his arm.
Today, itâs the third option. He had once again just got home from a mission and, though not as long as some of his other send offs, it still seemed way too long to you. You were sitting against one another, your back to his chest, one arm hugging you to him, the other clutched in your grasp as you fill in his uncolored tattoos with your pack of markers. His masked face was pressed against the side of your head as he watched your hands delicately glide the marker across his skin, sometimes throwing in a cheeky comment or two about how a certain color didnât go somewhere, which earned him a slap to the thigh.
You finished filling in the rose near his elbow, moving further down towards his hand, but something catches your eye.
Youâd done this countless times now, you probably know his tattoos better than he does at this point. You know that the ink goes a little off line on his skull tattoo, you know that thereâs a little stray mark beside the oak tree on his bicep. You know every detail and mistake.
Thatâs how you know this wasnât here before.
Itâs a small little heart on the inside of his wrist, not filled in because of course it isnât.
You bring it up closer to your face for inspection, and thatâs when you notice it
The writing inside.
Y/n
ItâŚwas your name?
You whip around to look back at him with questioning eyes.
The mask completely covered the lower part of his face,though his eyes gave away the soft smirk lurking beneath.
âThe boys wanted to celebrate the win. Tattoos were Mactavishâs idea.â Bastards trying to be all nonchalant about it.
âBut-but, why this?â You shove his own arm into his face, like he didnât already know what was on it.
He shrugs,âRacked my brain for an idea, but, seems youâre the only thing on my mind these days. Couldnât get ya out of my head-â
He huffs as you plow into him with a hug, immediately engulfing you in his muscled arms.
Simon never was one for excessive pda or poetic words, rather he showed love through his actions. Attempting to cook for you, making you bubble baths, bringing you heating pads and medicine for your cramps. And this was just another one added to the list, maybe the best of them all in your opinion, cause a tattoo-a tattooâs pretty dang permanent. In his mind, you know, this is his promise of forever to you. His version of a promise ring.
Thereâs no tears shed, you never were much of a crier, but the emotions were definitely felt. The warmth, the happiness, the love, all of it was basically drowning you at this point.
âYou know tattoo removals hurt right?â You lean away enough to look him in the eye,âLike-like what happens if this doesnât work out, if you decide youâre tired of me,I donât know, piggy backing you all the time or something and you have to go get this covered?â You motion to his arm.
Itâs said as a joke, but he can still somehow detect the hint of serious worry in your voice.
He lightly grabs you under the chin,âSweetheart, if I let a catch like you go then I deserve the pain.â
Alright you know you said you werenât a crier, but that might have brought some moisture to your eye.
He doesnât even try and stop you as your reach to roll the mask up to his nose, a testament of how much he trusts you. Overwhelmed with emotions, you tenderly cup his face to pull him into a kiss.
Itâs slow and gentle, just a smooth glide of your lips against his. His hands gently rubbing up and down your sides. You lovingly gliding your thumb across his light stubble, breathing in his musky cologne. Although intense, the kiss contains absolutely no heat, no sexual insinuation. Instead, you feel only one thing.
Love
âI love you.â You relay breathlessly as you pull away, gently knocking your forehead against his.
You share a few breathes before he replies
âIâŚ.care, about you too,â you slap his arm with an unimpressed look,âKidding! Of course I bloody love you, got your name tattooed on my arm for gosh sa-
You cut him off with another kiss.
~*~
Bonus:
You were once again laid on the bed, squished up against his side with a thick arm wrapped around your shoulder. Your eyes caught sight of your name engraved in his skin.
You smirk at the sight,âYou know,â you break silence, catching his attention away from the tv,âIt would have looked better if you had gotten the heart filled in with red.â
Heâs a little confused for a second before catching your line of sight. He rolls his eyes, jostling you slightly as he sat up to reach beside the bed. Now youâre the one confused.
âWell, if that was the case,â he rolls back over to present you with a red marker,âYou wouldnât get to do it yourself, now would yaâ?â
You grab the marker, sparing glances between it and the proud look on Simonâs face.
Your man, This man really got a tattoo with the intent for you to do your silly little coloring on it.
Yep, definitely love him.
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