“Angel wings on your back. I was staring at your back this morning while you were sleeping and I just thought how fucking gorgeous you would look with angel wings. Your skin is so pale and perfect. It’ll be beautiful on you.”
She contemplates this, chewing her lip. “I kinda always wanted a tattoo but Nick wouldn’t let me.” Her gaze shifts to the floor.
I scoff. “Let you? What the fuck? You needed permission?”
“You are really in no position to be making judgments about what other men do or what kind of control they try to inflict on their wives. He thought tattoos were like, for strippers and whores. He didn’t want me to look trashy.”
“Is that how you feel, too?”
“No, I always thought body art was beautiful. I used to photograph a friend of mine who’s a model, and she had a lot of them. They were really sexy on her. They were tasteful, though. Not stupid things that meant nothing.”
“Is there some kind of design you’d prefer? I’ll do whatever you want. You don’t have to go with what I want.”
She flashes me an adorably wicked grin and touches my hand, leaning over to kiss my lips. “I forgot to kiss you this morning. And thank you for the ramming,” she says.
“You’re not doing so great with that rule.”
“I know.”
I lean back in the chair and wait for her. “So, what’s it gonna be, darlin’?”
Nodding slowly, her smile comes back. “Yes. I think I’m gonna go for it. But only if you go slow. Will you stop when I ask you to?”
“Of course. I’ll give you a lot of breaks, but once we start the design, we have to finish it. Even if we work on it every day for two weeks. I’m not going to let you walk around with a half a design on you.”
“Ew. Deal.”
“Have you decided what you want?”
“I want you to do what you picked. That will mean the most to me.”
Nodding, I try not to let her see how happy that makes me. “Do you think you can straddle the chair backwards so I can get to your back? You can get up and stretch whenever you need to.”
“Sure.”
I get the rest of my gear ready while she turns the chair and moves it closer to me. “Should I take my shirt off?” she asks.