sirius and james have been sleeping together for a long while before sirius makes the mistake of calling james his boyfriend. when james insists what they’ve been doing is entirely casual, sirius does what he always does to clear his mind. he goes to get a new tattoo.
but marlene, who usually inks him, is unavailable today and instead, her apprentice will be able to help him. he’s skeptical but he’s already got a few bad impulse tattoos, what’s one more?
barty is crass and insensitive and very fucking smart. he make sirius laugh and sirius finds himself asking about barty’s own tattoos as the man etches into his skin. barty is wicked and he’s damn good with the tattoo gun.
the encounter ends with barty following sirius out for a smoke that has sirius pressed up against the side of the shop in the alleyway, his shirt rucked up and barty’s wicked mouth on his neck.
if sirius didn’t have a boyfriend, then james won’t mind hearing all about this encounter later. maybe james will even want a taste of barty for himself.