Summary:

“Seven interlocking links,” Shane said.

“And where?” Ilya spun his stool closer.

Shane hesitated. “Ribcage. On the side. Left.”

Ilya reached for a clipboard, scribbling something quick. “You know that means you’ll need to take your shirt off.”

Shane gets his first tattoo for meticulously thought-out reasons and leaves the shop with what is almost certainly a date with the dangerously attractive Russian tattoo artist.