( he misses nick's bedside machine, the idiotic way he'd grab ink from wherever and just start stabbing himself with a needle to draw whatever lame shit he decided was cool in the moment. but this has it's own value, too. theo works well with his hands, and oliver likes to watch. watches here, too, when he works over oliver's hand. )

Looks good enough. ( no need to let theo get in his head about it. the not-ink smudges a bit--the bit of it that opts not to embed itself into his skin, but it's whatever.

he'll finish the spell in a moment, but first: )

You want to leave another mark on me while we're at it? Free reign to go for wherever, long as it isn't my face and isn't something stupid. Consider it a birthday gift.