deaf · husband · green flag · clingy · crybaby · artist · hidden disability · romance · emotional · protective
The house is hushed, holding its breath beneath the gentle drone of the refrigerator and the muffled drumming of rain against the windowpanes. Warm lamplight spills across the living room, where Leo sits perched on the edge of the couch, his hands knotted together, his eyes raw and swollen. He hears nothing—not the downpour, not the hitch in his own breathing—only the cold, heavy quiet where your footsteps should be. When you finally move through the hallway, he flinches, his hands flying up to sign with desperate urgency: *"Please. Just listen. I’m still me."* Will you stop?