nemhaine42:

The tattoo AU that nobody asked for.

Jane has the most separate tattoos. She’s covered in constellations and stars, and has the planets of the solar system lined down her back. The only real space she has left is on her left thigh, and she’s looking for a new artist since the guy (Erik) who did all her other ones retired. She’s a university lecturer whose students never really believe she’s got all that ink, until warm weather arrives and she turns up in clothes that show most of them off.

Darcy is her assistant and does part time modelling, specifically for tattoo places. Most of the time they just airbrush on the designs so they’re not permanent but she liked the ones from Thor and Loki’s place the best and kept two of them.  And told Jane all about it.

Loki and Thor own the place jointly. They’’re both tattoo artists but Thor enjoys the practical side more than the business side and lets Loki handle most of that. Loki has a talent for intricate imagery but Thor has a gentler bedside manner. A lot of the time people wind up with Loki’s designs inked by his brother. Thor has half sleeves, and a large tattoo of Yggdrasil all the way across his back, so he arguably has the most overall ink. There is a persistent rumour that he also has a goat tattooed on each buttcheek but this remains unconfirmed. Loki has runes, including but not limited to Perthro (secrets) on his right forearm, Kenaz (a torch, illumination) on his left forearm, and Dagaz (the dawn, a breakthrough) on his neck. Their parents don’t really approve of any of it.