New Chapter out. ‘A Bit of Me’ - Day 10 Part 1.1
It's about to get complicated... (Lead up to New Challenge, ‘Meet Your Match)
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SUMMARY: The Islanders recoupled, and things are hotting up!
You trace your fingertips along his formidable biceps to his forearms and trace his piston tattoo. A looks a little bit lighter than the other ones, and a little faded. “I love your tattoo. What’s the piston tattoo about?”
“Ah, that’s my very first tattoo. I’m really into machines and mechanical stuff, like model building, woodworking, y’know stuff like that. Symbolises power, endurance, and, I guess, tirelessness at work. When I was a kid, one of my toys was this train set, so it means a lot to me. Brings back happy memories.” He looks a bit wistful, like he’s guarding something private. I better leave it for now. We all have our past secrets.
A moment later, the shadow on his face is gone, and he’s beaming at you again. “Suits me, right?”
“Yeah. I can’t deny that.” You let out a giggle and manoeuvred behind him, wrapping your arms and legs around him. You gently kiss the soft skin on his gear tattoo, and Gary shivers against your lips.
“What about these?” You gently ran your hands over the gear tattoo and said, “You're a decent spoon.”
He chuckled. “I just really like gears and, like, knowing how things work. The mechanisation of things.”
“And the lightsaber?” You questioned before acknowledging, “It represents ‘a force within!”
“Yeah. Y’know I’m a hardcore Star Wars fan. I’m glad we have that in common.” He continued explaining, “I had the tattoo done as a reminder that you can gain control and overcome any obstacle in your life. It’s a symbol for strength and courage.”
You pointed to the bottom of his leg tattoo, asking, “Is that a scar?”
Gary rolled his eyes. “Oh, my nan's puppy was a little knobhead. Fucking hell. He used to bully me all the time. He was horrible to me.Love him to bits now, but…” He trails off.
You chuckled. “I think I'm gonna love him. What’s his name?”
Gary huffed. “Ollie. She should have named him Cujo. He can be an arsehole to new people.”
Next: OPERATION HOPE BEGINS...
Iain Stirling: It’s time for a challenge, and this one’s called ‘Meet Your Match.’ When our Islanders applied, they filled out detailed questionnaires. We have shamelessly stolen a load of confidential information from the questionnaires for ‘The Compatibility Test’. (It's all the rage right now.) And ran it through a complex algorithm on the Love Island supercomputer. Nay, okay, we showed it to Andy the Intern. And he ranked the five boys with each girl in terms of compatibility. The girls will take turns trying to rank the boys in order of their compatibility. They’ll place a love heart emoji on the boy she thinks is most compatible with them, and a sad face emoji on the least compatible boy. She will then arrange the rest of the boys. Every time a girl needs to re-jig the order, she gets a mark.The girl with the least marks wins.
