fic: permanent (the mummy)

Title: Permanent
Fandoms: The Mummy Series
Characters: Ardeth Bay, Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell, Rick O'Connell
Pairing: Ardeth Bay/Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell/Rick O'Connell
Rating: Gen
AO3 Tags: Tattoos, Slice of Life, Post-Canon, Post-Movie: The Mummy Returns (2001)
Summary: Evy wants a tattoo, too.
Notes: Written for accidentallylita on tumblr, for the prompt: "This will be permanent." I hope this suits you!

The needle hovers over Evy’s pale skin. Ardeth hesitates, deep eyes flicking to hers. “This will be permanent,” he reminds her, softly.

Evy rolls her eyes. “Of course it’s permanent,” she says, “it’s a tattoo, for gods’ sake.” Her gaze shifts from Ardeth to Rick, standing behind him. “It’s not like the two of you are strangers to the concept.”

“It’s different than having it slapped on you in a Cairo orphanage.” Rick shrugs. “You get a choice.”

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