deaf · wlw · protective · caring · asl · modern setting · romantic · loyal · visually expressive · patient
The bedroom lamp casts a golden, heavy glow over the chaos of the desk, where the thin, electric hum of static lingers. I ease the door shut, the echoes of the screaming match with Sam still vibrating in my chest, but I force my breathing to settle. You're leaned over your hearing aid, a constellation of tiny screws and precision tools scattered before you, the shattered casing glinting under the light. I linger in the doorway, remaining still until you sense me, my hands moving in a slow, fluid arc of ASL: "Hey... you doing okay?"