2. Tattoo

Loki looked at Violet curiously as she put the pizza on the top shelf of the refrigerator. He distinctly remembered Violet having no tattoos before he left but where her shirt had ridden up just a bit he could see a bit of green ink coming up from her hip bone.

"Violet Marie, What is that on your side?"

"I'll show you later."

And show she did. As soon as he set her down in her room later that night, Violet pulled her shirt off, showing off a beautiful tattoo of a tiger lily that went all the way up her side.

"I got it when she was four-ish months old, as soon as I had worked off the baby weight."

"It's beautiful, love."

"I was going to pick a white one but I figured that if Lily ever asked about the flower her Mama got for her, I should make it one that had a better story."

"And what is its story?" Loki asked trailing his fingers over it, causing goosebumps to rise wherever he touched.

"The story is that she'll be a fighter, as fierce as a tiger because she'll need to be to get through life. That and I've always liked tiger lilies."

"Do you have anymore?"

"Such a blind man you are…" Violet muttered before pointing to her heart. There was capital L inked in script calligraphy over it.

"For Lily as well?"

"That's what everyone thinks, but it was originally for someone else. I just happened to have given my child with a name with the first letter of her Daddy's name."

"When did you get it?"

"A week or so after you left, I was gonna surprise you with them."

"Them?"

Violet smiled and turned around pulling her hair up in the process. In between her shoulder blades, there was a complicated looking symbol in the shape of a circle that looked incredibly familiar.

"I know this symbol,"

"It's what the Bifrost leaves behind. I took a picture of it after you left and thought it would make a nice tattoo."

"It suits you well, darling."

"You don't happen to have a tattoo of a violet in my honor somewhere on your body do you?" Violet joked.

"No, simply you name"

Violet had not expected that, "Where at?"

Loki pulled his shirt sleeve back; there was a series of strange rune like symbols, Vi assumed was Asgardian, on his wrist.

"Oh Loki…"

"I'll have to add Lily's name as well,"

Violet decided she didn't want to talk anymore for the time being, she launched herself into his arms, locking their lips together, tangling her fingers into his hair, and knocking both of them onto the bed.