Sinful Affairs
The bruised weight in his eyes that used to hide behind his smirks was gone.
“This is it,” I said, trying to sound casual.
He smiled faintly. “The last one, huh?”
“Yeah. The final stroke.”
He took off his jacket and sat in the chair like he always did, rolling up his sleeve. The tattoo, the one we’d built together over weeks, had become something I could barely describe. It wasn’t just art anymore. It was him. Every line, every shadow carried a piece of his story, his fear, his fire. And somehow, mine too.