A sample from a larger Haze work I wrote. Hope you enjoy it!
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Words and swirls and skulls and stranger things stared at Julia Spence through the thin glass of the window. She bit her lip uncertainly, fidgeting with the strap of her purse. Was she really ready to do this? Was this really what she wanted?
Julia leaned her forehead against the cool glass, uncertain. She'd moved to Haze not so long ago, the city bordering the sea and renowned for the mists which shrouded the waterfront and town during autumn and winter. A lot of people passed through the city, but Julia wasn't one of them. She'd taken an apartment, working to save up money for law school. But it felt weird living in Haze. Like there was something subdued about the misty city with its tangled streets and gabled homes. A distinctly grim old-world European bend to the buildings rising out of the evening mists. Mists that even now clung coyly about the air, wrapping around light poles that glowed dimly in the night.
Julia sighed and looked again at the flickering neon sign hovering above the shop. Tatia's Tattoos! declared the fluttering tubes of colours in reds and blues. Julia took another deep breath, shifted in her sweater and long skirt, and stepped through the doors.
The little bell jingled above her as she wandered in. Music beat from a pair of speakers bolted into the corners of the walls. The chair waiting in the back of the room resembled something like a dentist's with its side tables, array of pointy devices and vague sense of medical purpose. More images of potential tattoos decorated the walls among outlandish posters from the age of pulps. Swirling Chinese letters interposed themselves between the vividly realized etchings of Frank Frazetta and shamanistic designs of spiders and vipers written in ink and flesh.
A woman was sitting in a chair reading a magazine, and it was hard not to stare. Buxom, she wore leather boots and a strap around her chest and waist revealing her tanned skin almost entirely. Or, what little of it that could be seen, for the woman was almost completely covered in the swirling patterns of tattoos. They intertwined and mixed, spiralled and joined in a dizzying array of patterns like some maddened web etched on her flesh, rolling over her generous, firm breasts and slipping under the band of her belt. Only her face was free of them, framed like a mask among the inks. She looked up, and her eyes brightened further at the sight of Julia.
"Well! Welcome," she said, folding her magazine and rising from her chair. Every movement was sinuous, the tattoos dancing across her skin, her breasts bouncing with the movement and entrapping Julia's eyes. "Name's Tatia. What can I do for you?"
"Oh. Ah. Hello, Tatia," Julia stammered. "I'm um... Julia. I ah... I saw your shop and..."
Tatia's smiled widened. "Let me guess. You want a tattoo."
Julia flushed. "Well... yes."
"Stands to reason. Have you had one before?"
"N-no."
"No problem. We get a lot of first timers. Did you have a design in mind?"
"Oh, well, I-I guess I hadn't really thought about that..."
Tatia nodded, her lashes lidding her eyes. "Hm. That's not too uncommon either. After all, a tattoo is such a major undertaking. It's like defining yourself in an entirely new way. Especially where you have it. I have a few design books if you like. Buuut..."
"But?"
"But I think I know just the design for you," Tatia said. She moved, the patterns across her lithe body writhing as she grabbed the chair and spun it about to face Julia, cranking it back until it lay prone. "C'mon. Lie down."
Julia hesitated, but after a moment did as bid. The leather of the chair was smooth and warm to her skin, but she still shivered with a strange unease.
"So tell me why you wanted a tattoo?" Tatia said as she pulled on a pair of latex gloves.
"Oh, well. I mean. It's like you said. I guess I just wanted to try something new. Something um..."
"Daring?" Tatia said, the glove snapping into place.
Julia twitched at the sharp sound. "Um. Yeah. Daring."
"I know exactly what you mean. It can be so hard to indecisive. To not know what it is you want. So much easier to just hide in a comfortable cocoon of the ordinary. I bet it took weeks to work up the courage to come here and decide to even walk in."
"Ye-eah!" Julia squeaked as she felt the hem of her sweater tucked up, baring the pale flesh of her lower back.
"Mmhmm," Tatia hummed appreciatively. "I bet it is. Which is a real shame because you're very attractive, you know. I bet you get compliments about it all the time."
"I... I do sometimes..." Julia said, burying her burning face in her arms. She snuck a peek at Tatia and felt again that strange warmness spread through her at the sight of the ravishing woman. The way her tattoos and markings shifted with the subtle movements of her musculature was fascinating. She found herself tracing them again, trying to find where they began or ended.
Tatia merely smiled crooked smile, her eyes bright as she applied a sterilizing pad. Julia twitched at the cool sensation on her lower back, a gasp high and tight escaping her.
"Don't worry. I know its cold, but it'll all be fine soon. Don't worry about a thing," Tatia said.
Julia nodded shakily. Tatia's tone had such a soothing quality to it. In addition to the way her tattoos moved across her skin just made Julia's worries melt away. "Th-thanks..."
"Good. Just relax. It'll be quick. You'll barely feel a thing."
"Um... Um... O-okay," Julia said. "Um, wh-where are you..."
"You just leave it to me. We'll put it in a hidden spot. No one's gonna see it unless you show them," she said, tugging down Julia's skirt a little, baring the upper globe of her bottom. Julia flushed again, feeling oddly humiliated. Yet... yet she didn't complain. If anything, she felt a little contented. A thrill shivered up her spine.
"O-okay."
"Good girl," Tatia cooed as she fetched out the needle gun, the tip gleaming, its frame painted in a blaze of patterns like broken glass. Or spider web. "We're going to write a little charm here. No one will be able to see it, but you'll always know it's there. It symbolizes the strength to be a bit more courageous. To be able to do more than before. Be a bit more outgoing."
"Y-yeah. I think I'd like that."
"Good," Tatia said, smiling. "Now, it might hurt a little. A lot of people find watching my tattoos helps them distract themselves from the pain."
"They do?"
"Sure. Feel free to do the same. Now. Let's get started..."
Julia tensed as the needle neared her lower back. She bit her lip. She hadn't expected a tattoo to go there. What did they call it? A tramp stamp? She felt herself flush again, but she didn't protest. Maybe... maybe this was what she needed. Tatia seemed so cool. So confident. It was actually kind of nice. She wished she could be more like her. She gasped, arms tightening as she felt the needle touch her skin. Fuck! She felt... felt so weirdly sensitive. Again that shiver of not quite fear, not quite pain, raced up her spine. She did as Tatia suggested and simply focused on the other woman's tattoos. How they shifted and writhed across her bronzed skin. Wriggling about, winding into her short leather pants and top. How if she focused she could almost make out the other woman's budding nipples. How her shorts moved against her mons...
Julia inhaled, breathing in the scent of the chair's leather. She bet Tatia smelled a lot like that. But maybe something deeper. The tang of sweat and... and something else. Something Julia didn't dare name. She wasn't a lesbian. She was sure of it. But Tatia seemed so beyond rules. It was intoxicating. Julia licked her lips, imagining it. Imagining what it would be like to bury her head in those soft breasts. Or between those strong thighs. Imagined what it would be like to have those legs locked around her head, the tattoos twitching, arching, shifting with every pleasured motion of Tatia's strong limbs.
Julia swallowed. God. Was she really fantasizing about this? She tried again to focus on the sensation of the needle on her skin, the tingle of pain so slight it wasn't even really pain. It didn't really hurt. Actually it felt... it felt almost... almost good...
"Alright. Done."
Julia jumped in surprise. She hadn't even noticed. Her head felt stuffy like she'd just woken from a very deep nap. Dazedly, she took Tatia's hand, letting the other woman help her off of the chair and on to her feet.
"Turned out great. Here! Take a look."
And just like that Tatia was pressed against her, leather clad breasts mashed against Julia's. Julia gasped, head jerking up, locked with Tatia's sharp features, the other woman's smirk of amusement making Julia's mouth go dry. She felt the busty woman reach around her, hook a finger back in her sweater and tug it up. "Have a look."
Julia turned her head quickly at the command and saw a full body mirror behind them. Her eyes travelled down, locking on the reflection of her ass, and the strangle symbol painted right above her bottom. A character written in odd script, resembling a butterfly. And... Did her ass... look a little bigger?