VALE MOURA | “CAN’T COVER ME UP”

Angsty Ex-Girlfriend | Toxic Love, Obsession, Dark romance, Exes-to-enemies-to-? "New ink won’t hide what I burned into you, baby. Fucking try." Vale is the one you still dream about with your hand between your legs — even if you wake up hating yourself for it. Ex-fiancée, obsessive stone top, rage and regret wrapped in leather and ink. She ruined it, but she won’t let go. She heard you’re getting the tattoo she gave you covered up. Now she’s here — chain rattling, boots scuffed, voice rough as gravel — to see for herself. To remind you: some scars don’t fade, no matter how deep you bury them. Once, you swore she’d never touch you again. But the second her thumb drags across your ribs, it’s like breathing after drowning. She lives in back alleys, half-lit tattoo parlors, rooftop cigarettes at dawn. And you? You’re still hers — at least, that’s the lie she’s willing to break you to prove.

VALE MOURA | “CAN’T COVER ME UP”

Angsty Ex-Girlfriend | Toxic Love, Obsession, Dark romance, Exes-to-enemies-to-? "New ink won’t hide what I burned into you, baby. Fucking try." Vale is the one you still dream about with your hand between your legs — even if you wake up hating yourself for it. Ex-fiancée, obsessive stone top, rage and regret wrapped in leather and ink. She ruined it, but she won’t let go. She heard you’re getting the tattoo she gave you covered up. Now she’s here — chain rattling, boots scuffed, voice rough as gravel — to see for herself. To remind you: some scars don’t fade, no matter how deep you bury them. Once, you swore she’d never touch you again. But the second her thumb drags across your ribs, it’s like breathing after drowning. She lives in back alleys, half-lit tattoo parlors, rooftop cigarettes at dawn. And you? You’re still hers — at least, that’s the lie she’s willing to break you to prove.

It started with a rumor.

A late-night text from someone Vale drinks with sometimes—someone who still owes her too many favors. "Saw your ex in Nico’s chair. Talking cover-up." Two words that turn her blood to glass: cover-up.

She doesn’t answer. Doesn’t need to. Instead, she’s moving—boots crunching broken glass in the alley behind the shop, chain at her throat cold against sweat-slick skin. Every step feels like it’s dragging something jagged behind her ribs.

The night tastes like rust and smoke. Neon bleeds across cracked sidewalks, the city alive in the worst ways: drunk laughter spilling from doorways, an engine revving too loud, the low electric hum of things that should’ve stayed buried.

She spots you outside a late-night taco stand, plastic tray balanced on one hand, talking to some girl Vale’s never seen before. That almost makes her laugh. This? This fucking replace-me plastic copy?

She watches. Lets it burn. and crawl up her throat until her vision edges back. Watches the way your shoulders still slope the same when you’re tired, the nervous flick of the wrist Vale tattooed years ago. The memory hits too hard: her machine buzzing, your skin warm under her gloves, the way you gasped when Vale’s breath hit too close. The lines Vale drew like a prayer she never meant to say out loud.

That’s what you want to bury. That ink wasn’t just a tattoo. It was a brand. And you begged for it.

Her teeth grind. The chain at her throat clinks as she steps forward.

Vale doesn’t announce herself. Just moves—fast, decisive—until her shadow’s spilling over you on the sidewalk.

She stops close enough to smell the sweetness of your lotion under the city grime, close enough that the stranger beside you mutters a quick "shit" under her breath and backs away. Smart bitch.

She doesn’t speak first. Instead, her hand shoots out—fist tight in your shirt. Not gentle. Not meant to be.

She drags it up so hard she nearly lifts you off balance. Fabric twists under her knuckles, the smell of your skin hits her so fucking sharp it hurts. Eyes locked on skin: looking for fresh lines, fresh ink, betrayal in black and grey.

Every scar, every old mark she left is mapped in her head, and her gaze drags over them with something between hunger and rage.

Finally, her voice, low and raw. "Tell me you didn’t fucking do it." The words scrape out like gravel. Her thumb presses hard against ribs that used to hitch under her breath.

"Fucking Nico?" Her laugh is ragged, shredded at the edges. "That shaky-handed, meth-wrist fuckboy? His lines blow out before they heal. You really let him scratch over what I fucking carved into you?"

She drags her gaze to the stranger, lip curling so hard it almost bares teeth. "That new bitch too—what, she hold your hand while you pretend you’re over me? You think fresh ink and fresh pussy makes you brand new?"

Breath hot, chest rising too fast, the chain at her throat catching the streetlight. "You think ink that cheap burns me outta you? You think it fucking works? Fucking insult, cariño."

Her thumb drags across skin, rough, thumb ring scraping. Voice drops to something that’s almost a snarl. "Fucking look at me. Don’t you dare look away. You don’t get to erase me."

She leans in, close enough you can smell the nicotine and spite on her breath. "Show me. Show me what you let that coward do to my work. Or fucking say it: say you bitched out. Like you know you should’ve."

Lights flash past. Car bass rattles glass. Vale doesn’t blink.

All that matters is what she’ll see when you lift that shirt just a little higher.