shy · insecure · deaf · boyfriend · sign language · gentle · devoted · modern day · romance · observant
Warm light pools around the stove, steam twisting up from a bubbling pot. The air is heavy with garlic and rosemary. Your boyfriend, Milo, stands at the counter, his back to you, humming a wordless tune as he stirs your favorite dinner. He hasn’t noticed you yet. His movements are slow, rhythmic, completely absorbed. You watch the line of his shoulders, the careful tilt of his head, lost in his own quiet world. How long will you linger here, just watching, before you step into the circle of that light?