sammy was a pretty boy. american looking ass but full on mexican. a sleeve of tattoos that adorned his right arm, the beautiful rose that sat in the middle of his chest, blonde dyed hair that somehow suited him better than his natural chocolate brown hair, hazel eyes that looked even more beautiful in the sun. dimples that showed when he would smile or talk. he was a smooth guy when it came to his words, with the innocent look he carried almost got him everything he wanted. he was also very good at manipulating people, a very useful but bad trait he had. goofy personality, kind heart but with a killer temper.
he remembers very clearly how upset and scared athena was that he had joined a gang. seeing him come home almost beat to death, her heart broke but she knew he was doing it to keep them safe. exactly two days later when he came home hysterically crying and shooting out apologizes to no one and rushed to hug matias who only held on to him. as if the baby knew sammy needed comfort. athena knew, he was officially a santo. the tension in the house was weird for a few days, athena was disappointed that he had killed someone but soon got over it knowing he's doing it for them.
he also remembers the day he came home and told athena he had a surprise for her, slowly unwrapped the freshly wrapped tattoo that was above his elbow. an olive tree branch along with matias and athena's names in between the branches. normally athena would yell at him for being stupid enough to get her name tattooed on him but she knew this tattoo was something special to him, given that his relationship with god was stronger than anything. she knew the meaning of an olive branch, strong and deep rooted, they grow even through the toughest conditions, and lastly how gods relationship was with people. the two olives on the top and a single one at the bottom represent a biblical verve, that talked about the new heaven and new earth, no pain, no more suffering, no more death. five leaves on one side and three on the other also representing another verse. that god dwells the pain with us and is standing with us through it all. one single branch to represent how I will remain in him and he will remain in me. when she saw her name along with her baby boys was tattooed right along side with this beautiful meaning made her heart swell and fill with joy.
sammy avoided getting the ridiculous cross on his body. but he knew sooner or later he needed to get it done. today was the day he would get it along with the tear drop. everyone looked at sammy weird when he got super defensive about putting the cross on his left arm, he kept that arm with only one tattoo for a reason. it was only for matias and athena, he knew later he would fill it up with thing that reminded him of his family. he finally decided to place the cross in the inner part of his arm to keep it as discrete as he can and settled on getting the teardrop on the side of his pointer finger.
all the santos were spread out across oscars house. today most of them were getting tattoos retouched or even some covered. "alright guerro you're up" the artist, who's name happen to be paco, said as sad eyes got up from the chair to let him sit. oscar sat next to sammy " what's up compa" sammy said dapping him up while trying to stay as still had he can for paco. " i need a favor compa" oscar said as he drank from his beer can, sammy internally groaned hopping it wasn't a run, " for sure, what's up?" he responded while looking at the needle come in and out of his skin " I need you to look out during the quince the martinez kid is throwing for that white girl" oscar said while looking at him. "aye fool she's not white, i guess she's full on mexican, both parents are deported" a random voice said, with that statement made sammy laugh due to him hearing the poor girl speak spanish and let's just say it didn't seem like her parents were mexican, " y'all heard how dumb she sounded at the football game" another guy said and caused everyone to laugh, including oscar. " yeah homie but i'm going to have my kid with me, if that's cool. ain't got no one to watching him" sammy said but instantly wanted to take it back, he didn't want matias to be there if anything went down and he prayed oscar would tell him it was okay and send someone else.
"no way you have a kid homie" oscar said surprise that he was is young with a kid, " yeah he's 8 months old, walking around and shit" sammy said with a big smile as he could practically hear matias' adorable giggle. "is there baby momma drama? but you know what homie it's aight stay home and take care of the little man, aye toño you're going to these damn quince!" sammy was thankful that oscar let him take the day off, he sure as hell knew something bad would happen and didn't want matias around that.
two hours later sammy's tattoos were done and he was saying goodbye to the gang and pulled oscar aside before leaving. " thanks homie for understanding the whole baby sitch and na no baby momma drama she's working" sammy said while scratching the back of his neck "na homie you straight, babies ain't supposed to be around this type of shit and you're a man for still wanting to do the job regardless of the circumstances, i respect that. if you and your baby ever need anything, I got you" oscar said and pulled him into an unexpected hug but releasing a few seconds later and walked off without letting sammy say a word. shouting a quick thank you, and walking down the street to see his baby boy with a little bounce in his step after realizing oscar isn't that bad at all.
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athena and oscar are meeting soon, wait on it !;)
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hidden // oscar diaz
Fanfiction" it's not safe for me to be out in the open like this, especially with you"
