Prompt: Needle
Word Count: 167
Pairings/Characters: No pairings—Axel
Rating/Warnings: PG—None, I think. Unless you're really afraid of needles? Then you might want to skip this one.
Axel doesn't remember deciding to get the tattoos under his eyes. He does remember the needle when he actually went to get them, though. He remembers closing his eyes to the sight and singing in his head to distract himself from the feel of it stabbing into him over and over again. He doesn't remember the song, but he remembers that it had a catchy tune and was stuck in his head and probably had ridiculously stupid lyrics.
Axel remembers looking into the mirror afterwards, before they were fully healed. He remembers marveling at the black and thinking that he actually really liked them, and he remembers trying to ignore the red and inflamed skin around them.
Later, people will tell him that the tattoos are stupid, or that they look amazing, or that he's braver than them for getting tattoos on his face. What he doesn't tell them is that he was actually terrified to the point of nearly barfing, because he's deathly afraid of needles.
