In another life Hawthorne and I aren't bickering endlessly at band practice... we're arguing with each other between clients at NEUROLOGY, the tattoo and piercing parlor we work at. With our coworkers tolerance for our nonsense running low, we make a deal to stay after hours and swap services, a tattoo for a piercing. Maybe stabbing each other will help us work the kinks in our relationship out. If not there's definitely other ways we can release some tension. It seems though, that we're not the only ones in the shop with that idea. BLOOD THINNER is a 10k erotic short set in the ROTGUTVERSE in an alternate universe and is best read after reading ROTGUT. Content warnings can be found in the back of the book in the author's note or in the author's carrd.