Just a little idea I caught from several posts on Tumblr. Magic in the modern day with a little hint of piercings and tattoos with spells on them. Implied trans character as well!
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Cronus' POV

'Dammit.' Cronus cursed to himself as he ran out of his apartment, slamming the door shut before realizing he forgot his phone. He was late as it was and this was not what he wanted. He felt his pockets. Fucking hell. Forgot his keys too. He let out a slow breath and lifted a hand, rubbing his fingers over his small nose piercing. And suddenly his keys were in his hands.

Cronus unlocked his door and ran back inside, snatching his phone off the table. He really should enchant one of his ear piercings with an attraction spell for his phone. But, he didn't want to fuck up the wording again and accidentally make his phone act like a big magnet for his piercing. Now, that was a fun evening.

He finally headed out, relocking the front door and running to the stairs. He groaned before mumbling a soft spell and he found himself at the bottom of the steps. He went out the back door and walked out to the bus stop.

Glancing around, Cronus took a moment to check the bus times. Half an hour until the next bus? No way. He took out his wand and tapped the sign, watching the new bus roll around the corner of the street just seconds later. He smiled to himself and climbed aboard when it stopped. It took him only a moment to conjure up the money for the fare and he went to sit near the back.

Cronus watched out the window, rubbing the small, purple, heart shaped tattoo just above his wrist, feeling his headphones slip into his ears, already connected to his phone. He played the music from his favorite movie.

Grease.

Cronus hummed along with the music, tapping his feet lightly until the bus stopped at his stop. He got up, thanked the driver and got off, heading down the sidewalk a ways. He had a little magic and potions shop just before the corner.

Upon reaching the door for his shop, Cronus just had to mumble a small spell to unlock the door. A custom spell, so a normal unlocking spell wouldn't work. Cronus walked inside after propping the door open, flicking on the lights and the neon 'OPEN' sign. He headed back to the back of the shop, which already had his book open to a special page. Gender transformation spell. Being transgender was so much easier now that Cronus had learned how to make the transformation spell. It wasn't permanent though. At least not yet. Cronus was still tweaking that. But, it did last for a good two weeks.

Cronus read from the book, calling out ingredients and watching them appear on the table nearby. Scales of a clownfish, eyes of a garter snake, leaves from a eucalyptus tree and water from a glacier. All seemed a little odd, but they had their purposes. And, once mixed together with the right words, they made a smooth little potion that shifted from pink to blue and back again. Cronus smiled and downed the concoction. Eventually he'd find a way to make that last for his whole life. But, for now, he would just have to keep making the potions.

Cronus sat up on the counter, music playing through the invisible speakers he had installed, mumbling words to make a broom sweep across his shop, cleaning any messes that had been made. He was sipping from a small cup of coffee he had made, with a special shot of caffeine that was affected with a spell of confidence. This was going to be a good day.

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