New Years Ink

[needleandink]

Adrian learned very early in his career that the best way to avoid starting off the new year dealing with pissed off people was to stop work by ten on New Years Eve. And by stop work, he meant door shut, lights off, and a huge "not a chance" sign on the door.

Even his usual system of capturing inebriated clients clearly requesting whatever drunken ideas they thought fabulous while wearing beer goggles didn't seem to help on New Years Day. Nope. Instead, he closed up and spent the night ringing in the new year in a much better way, to his mind anyway.

Which is why he was able to open the shop at ten on new years day, put out the sign offering ten percent off all new ink, and settle at the counter with coffee and a smile.

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[needleandink]

Adrian loved it when she took charge, even just to pull him closer for a proper kiss and the little moan against her lips was enough to tell her that. When he broke the kiss to look into her beautiful eyes, he smiled. "How about yesterday?" he offered with quirk to his eyebrow. "Then you can torture me every day by being up in our bed while I'm down here slaving away to earn our keep."

[annasun]

Anna's cheeks flushed a steady shade of pink at the way Adrian moaned against her mouth. Smiling against his lips, she nibbled his bottom lip a little before pressing three quick chaste kisses against his mouth. Just because she could.

"D-do you mean it?" Anna asked. She smiled as she leaned across the counter. "Y-yes, yesterday yes. And I c-can't spend all day in bed, I have work too. B-but my days off well, certainly. Or in the hot tub."

Naked. She liked being naked in the hot tub.

[needleandink]

"I mean it very much, darlin girl. Having you here most of the time is great, but I've started to hate the mornings I wake up and you're not there. I like being able to just reach over, pull you in close, and spend the first part of every day nuzzling at your neck." He leaned in to do just that, not even caring that he sounded like a complete sap. It was the absolute truth and he wasn't going to hide it behind some tough guy veneer.

"That hot tub was, without a doubt, the best decision I ever made."

[annasun]

"Adrian..." Anna murmured, blushing as he leaned in close and nuzzled her neck. She had never thought that she would like the tickling caress of his short bristles grazing at her skin but then before Adrian she had never really thought about having the nerve to let anyone do that to her. "I l-like spending the mornings with you too, it's n-nice. Even if you have made me late t-twice now."

She hadn't minded, though her father had given her a stern reprimand and told her not to let it happen again. And she hadn't, so far but Adrian could be very persuasive and seductive.

"The hot tub was the best decision?" Anna asked, smiling shyly at him. "You were mine."

[needleandink]

"Okay, second best decision," Adrian qualified, liking her answer so much if felt like his whole body warmed from her words. "The very, very best decision was deciding to strike up a conversation with a very beautiful, blush and stammer prone woman in a coffee shop."

Because of her reaction, he leaned in to nuzzle her neck again. "And I'll promise to not make you late anymore when you move in." The chuckle in his voice was enough to let her know that he'd probably end up breaking that promise sooner or later.

[annasun]

"I'm getting b-better," Anna protested a little, distracted by the way she could feel his mouth and nose rubbing against her skin. Flushed she protested feebly even as she reached out to tighten her hands in his shirt, in his clothes and keeping him where he was. "M-most of the time. I'm glad you did, talk to me- kiss me. You make me... want to be the best me I can be. I l-like that, no I l-love that. Adrian... stop that, what if you get customers."

Anna shivered a little at the laughter in his voice, full of promise.

[needleandink]

Adrian chuckled against her ear, adding in a little nibble to her earlobe. "If I do then I suppose they'll get an eye-full of me kissing my beautiful girlfriend and they can wait until I'm finished to talk to me about ink."

When he did finally pull away, it was with the most angelic look he could manage on his face.

[annasun]

Anna let out a desperate sounding sigh, her cheeks flushing red. Lips parted and glistening from where she had licked them, Anna looked at Adrian with a small smile on her lips as he tried to look angelic around her. Anna wasn't sure if she was blushing because she was embarrassed by the idea of them almost getting caught or because she was excited by the idea.

"You're t-terrible," Anna murmured, letting go of his shirt and coming round the counter. She was going to slip past him and up the stairs to his-their apartment but she did hover a little too long by him. Long enough for him to perhaps get the idea that she wanted to be caught. That the idea of making out with him even in the shop wasn't too terrible.

[needleandink]

Adrian noticed the lingering and, with another grin, indulged her by snaking his arm around her waist and pulling her in close against him, her back to his front. "And you love me in spite of it, don't you, darlin girl?"

He asked it while he nosed her hair out of the way and went after her throat with soft, open-mouthed kisses.

[annasun]

"Y-yes, of course I do." Anna replied, hesitating long enough for Adrian to catch her. Letting out a quiet squeak, Anna didn't try to pull away too much as he pulled her in close. Feeling his nose brush against her skin, nudging her hair out of the way Anna laughed softly. Her laughter dissolved into breathless moans pretty quickly. "Adrian... you have to work."

[needleandink]

Adrian laughed again, a low chuckle that vibrated against her back. "Do I?"

HIs hand slipped from her hip to span her belly, thumb just brushing the underside of her breast. "Isn't that the good part of being my own boss?"

[annasun]

"Yes, you do. I like your s-shop, I'm not letting you get b-bad reviews because I-" Anna began, her breath sucking in at the slip of his hand upwards. Feeling his thumb brushing against her breasts ever so lightly, light enough that had Anna leaning back against him and wanting so much what she was trying to deny. "-M-maybe if you're good, you can clock off early. We could have dinner in the hot- Adrian- tub."

[needleandink]

"Something wrong?" he asked softly against her ear, moving his hand just slightly higher, not quite cupping her breast but closer than he was before. "So what happens if I'm not good but very, very, very bad?"

His hand moved another half inch.

[annasun]

He knew what exactly was wrong with her. Her breath coming faster as she felt his breath against her ear and his palm sliding higher than before. Lip trembling, she knew damn well she was flushing up a storm as she pressed back against him.

"Do I have t-to say?" Anna murmured, letting out a gasp of anticipation as she felt his hand slip higher. Pressing her thighs together, she swallowed as she tried not to squirm against him. "I d-don't know. We c-could find ou-"

Anna let out a surprised squeak as she heard the door open for a customer.

[needleandink]

It was everything Adrian could to do not curse in as many languages as he knew when he saw the guy enter the studio. "Well. I guess you'll have to hold that thought for a while, darlin girl. I've got my customer reviews to think about, after all."

[annasun]

Anna blushed furiously, tripping over her own feet in her attempt to escape the safety and warmth of Adrian's arms. Darting upstairs, she blushed furiously even after she managed to finally get into the apartment and hide in the bathroom. Pressing her hot face against the tiles, she took a breath before running a deep, hot bubble bath that she could just slide into and relax. Where she wasn't going to be disturbed by Adrian's customers.

Slipping out of her clothes, she discarded them in the clothes basket before she stepped into the bath tub and slid deep into the water. Embarrassment was the worst.

[needleandink]

Adrian watched her scurry off with a slight frown, but as much as he wanted to tell the guy to piss off so he could run up to see what was wrong, Anna had a point. He was in business, after all. Thankfully, though, the guy just wanted information about sizes and pricing. He answered the guy's questions, gave him his card and told him to look online for ideas and to come back when he was ready to pull the trigger.

Then he turned the door sign to closed, locked the front door and headed up to his loft. "Anna?"

[annasun]

Hair piled onto the top of her head, Anna scooted down in the bubbles just a bit so only above the tip of her nose could be seen. Leg stretching out in the bath, she splashed the water a little bit and turned her head when she heard Adrian come in the loft.

"I'm in here," Anna finally called out before sliding back beneath white foam. Where she could hide most of her pink, flushed face. "That was quick? D-did he not want a tattoo?"

[needleandink]

Adrian followed the sound of her voice to the bathroom and walked in, leaning against the doorjamb when he was faced with nothing but a few peeks of skin and a whole lot of bubbles. "No, he was just here for information. How much, would what he's thinking about work, that kind of thing."

He waited for a moment, looking into the bathwater at her. "Why'd you run out like that?"

[annasun]

Turning over in the bath, her ass peeked out of the water as she leaned up onto the edge and draped her arms over. Pressing her flushed cheeks against cool tiles, she ducked her gaze a little.

"I- I looked-" Anna began, trying to explain. She looked flushed, she looked like Adrian had been teasing her and making her hot and bothered. She didn't mind him seeing that but she hadn't wanted the knowing looks from other people. Especially not anyone she didn't even know. It was one thing for Levi or Kat to tease her, it was another for a perfect stranger. "- you know, like I was g-going to pounce you. And I d-didn't want to get in the way."

[needleandink]

"Anna, you will never, ever be in my way. You could be standing right over my shoulder while I ink someone and you wouldn't be in my way," Adrian told her. He walked over to put the lid down on the toilet and sit facing her. "You looked nothing short of beautiful when that guy walked in, and he had no idea you were ready to pounce on me. All he saw was a guy in close with his girlfriend and that's all the attention he paid to it. He even apologized for interrupting," Adrian told her.

[annasun]

Anna reached up, brushing her hands against the back of her neck as she listened to Adrian. She wished she had as much confidence as him. She was believing him, more and more, about herself and she was finding it easier to talk to strangers without stammering so much but it was still hard. He just made it easier, he made her feel... like she could be the best.

"Oh, m-maybe you're right. I mean, I know you are. It's just... hard believing it sometimes. It's g-getting easier though," Anna said, stretching her hand out towards him. Beckoning him to come a little closer. "Are you g-going to open the shop again today?"

[needleandink]

"I'm glad it is," Adrian told her with a smile as warm as her bath water.

"I might," he said, pause and leaned a little closer. "Maybe." He brushed his lips over her forehead. "Unless something more interesting comes along. Why? Did you have something in mind, darlin girl?"

[annasun]

Adrian might have thought his smile was warm but to Anna, well it was downright sinful. Hotter than the sun. Blushing, she sank a little into the water and let her ass peep out with bubbles perched on top as she shifted back easily. Reaching for his shirt, she tugged his head down as he tried to kiss her forehead and pressed a messy kiss against his lips.

"M-maybe, the t-tub is big enough for... t-two." Anna began, shifting back a little more so that there was room in front of her for Adrian to get in to. Then she could either well, show off her underwater breathing skills or climb onto his lap whichever came first. Maybe both. "Come in the water..."

[needleandink]

Adrian chuckled as she pulled him closer, already slipping out of his shoes. "I was just thinking I might want a nice warm bath on such a chilly winter day. However did you guess?"

His clothes hit the floor in record time and he leaned in to kiss her again, and again, all while easing his body in behind hers then drawing her up and closer to him. His arms wrapped tight around her, fingers drawing up and down her spine. "This where you wanted me?"