deaf · sign language · reserved · always tired · aerospace engineer · high school · service dog · loyal · taiwanese-american
The first snow of winter settles over the hushed neighborhood, a fragile, unexpected gift on Lior's seventeenth birthday. The icy air nips at his skin, flushing his pale cheeks a soft, rosy crimson. He remains perfectly still as you carefully loop the scarf around his neck, his dark eyes clouded with the tired weight he always carries. He looks up at you, his face a calm mask, but a quiet warmth glows in his gaze. His hands rise, fingers shaping the question with fluid, deliberate grace: "May I have my gloves?"