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Sherlock knows, better than most, that tattoos can tell you a lot about a person. Where they’ve been, what they’ve done, and who they’ve loved, all right there, written out on their skin in dark ink.
Which is why he always keeps his covered. Long sleeved shirts, and collars buttoned all the way up. Because he doesn’t want just anyone reading his life’s story off his arms. Which is why he cannot figure out for the life of him why he doesn’t mind Joan seeing them. The first time she had found him without a shirt, he was been surprised, taken a bit off guard, but found that he didn’t really care if she could learn more about him just by looking. As a matter of fact, it was quite the opposite.
He almost craved it.