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The Ink They Both Wore

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In fifteen years of marriage, Daniel never once mentioned wanting a tattoo. He was the kind of man who ironed his weekend shirts. He kept his receipts in a labeled folder. When his brother got a small anchor on his shoulder at twenty-two, Daniel called it "a decision you can't undo," and he said it the way other people say a curse word.

So when he walked into the kitchen on a Tuesday in March with a bandage wrapped around his left forearm, I assumed he'd hurt himself.

"It's nothing," he said, and then he smiled in a way I didn't recognize. "Actually, it's something. I did a thing."

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