Black and grey realism tattoo of an adult lion with two lion cubs on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.

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Lion and two cubs on a back

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A realistic black and grey tattoo shows an adult lion with a full mane, looking forward, with two lion cubs seated in front of it. The shading is soft and smooth, with fine fur detail in the mane and the cubs' faces, and a dark wash behind the group. The composition is centred on the upper back, with the figures filling most of the frame.

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Ruth, the wind backed round to the north-east on Tuesday and we've been working the Dogger ground in a sea like a bad-tempered dog ever since. I'm writing this in the fo'c'sle with the lamp swinging, so forgive the hand. Skipper reckons we'll make Hull on Saturday if the engine holds, and Davie has been nursing the winch with a spanner and a prayer.

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Something strange happened on the night watch. Off the stern the gulls went quiet and the water lay flat for ten minutes, the way it does before a squall. I stood at the rail with my roll-up going out between my fingers and thought of your father's story about the lion on the chandler's sign in Grimsby, the one with a mane like a wave about to break and two cubs sat at its feet as if it were keeping them dry. He always said the big one never looked at the camera. It looked at whatever was coming. I'd laughed at him for that. I didn't laugh last night.

The squall hit at four, hard and short, and we rode it with the nets slack and nobody lost over the side. At first light the cloud behind us broke open, the colour of a bruise going yellow, and I thought of the three of you on the front step, Nell's elbows on her knees and the boys squabbling over the last of the biscuits.

Keep the porch light on, love. I'll be the one watching the horizon, same as always.

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