Portwell Requests

Love In A Tattoo Shop

Ej had worked for a long time to make the money to open his very own tattoo shop. This has been something he'd been wanting to do because growing up he loved drawing, why not put that love and make it something permanent for others.

⚠️ TW: Death ⚠️

Beep Beep Beep

Ej shuts off the alarm on the side of his bed and stretched his body, he never liked waking up early but when you got your own business you have no choice. He did his normal routine and was out the door in 20 minutes. He sometimes starts his mornings with a smoothie from the fruit shack, just a way to spoil himself every now and then. He gets to his shop, sets up, and turns on the open sign. After five minutes his employee is there.

Richard: Hey boss, sorry I'm late.

Ej: Don't mention it, ain't like we're busy *he chuckles*.

Richard: So how have you been boss since...ya know?

Ej: Missing her everyday still, know it's been almost year but...I'm okay just taking it in stride. Thanks for asking man *he pats his back and walks to his office*.

Richard was asking if he was okay because a little less than a year ago he lost his wife. For awhile he became bitter and cold, even to his closest friends and family and ended up shutting everyone out, even closed the tattoo parlor for awhile. But thanks to the consistency of his friends and family they were able to bring him back and even though he isn't totally himself, he isn't shutting them out anymore and he has some of his sweet nature back.

Ring Ring

?: Hello...anyone here?

Ej got up from his chair confused and went back out to the main area, there he saw a girl and Richard nowhere to be seen. A girl who looked exactly like his past...Ej froze for a couple of seconds before he finally got some words out.

Ej: Uh hi...ma'am, h-how can I help you?

?: Hi um I just wanted a small flower tattoo on my arm, it looks like this *she shows him her phone*.

Ej: Oh yeah I can totally do that for you, take a seat *he smiles*.

?: Thank you, been looking all over for places to get them done but they were always so expensive. Glad someone here has reasonable prices *she giggles*.

The sound of her laugh made Ej smile, a girl hasn't made him do that since his wife.

Ej: So from the sound of it you travel a lot if you've been looking high and low for a good tattoo place.

?: I do actually but I recently moved here so LA is now my forever home and I feel pretty confident about it *ring ring*. Oh sorry let me get this *she answers*. Hi...I'm doing good how are you...really...how do you misspell Gina...you spell my name G-I-N-A no E, need me to spell Porter too...mmmm okay bye. God people are annoying *she rolls her eyes*.

Ej: Everything going okay?

Gina: Yeah that was from a job I applied to and apparently they messed up my application and some things were missing but based off of my attitude I don't think I'll get it anymore.

Ej: Hey you never know also...your name is really pretty.

Gina: Thank you...would you spell it with an E *they laugh*?

Ej: Nope because an E really wouldn't look right.

Gina: Exactly! Finally someone who gets it *she laughs*.