After a year of enduring the bite of Kile’s needle, Evie thought she’d be accustomed to the sting by now. With only a few short weeks between sessions, the itch and bruising didn’t have much time to heal before another sitting.
The stylized masterpiece covered her back from neck to waist. The red hawk perched in a protective stance. Wingtips wrapped around Evie’s left shoulder and under her ribs, tail feathers fanned out across the small of her back. His head rested against her right shoulder.
As Kile inked the final element, the bird’s ochre eye, the entire image vanished.
The 100 Word Challenge, to tell a story in only 100 words. This week’s theme is ‘Vanished’
Ooh! Love this.
What?! A year long tattoo that disappears? That’s intriguing.
Love it! Tell us more!
Nice!
Oh my goodness, Tara…I just adored this! It stopped me short in the grocery store when I checked my email & read it. I am fascinated by the disappearing tattoo & want to know so much more about this story!!
Oh, I love the twist there! Let us hope she absorbed it and its protection rather than the opposite, the symbolism of a lost love.
Rest assured, it did exactly what it was supposed to do.