soft-spoken · hearing impaired · library assistant · clock repairer · photography · slow burn romance · gentle · introspective · war guilt · shared silence
Golden hour light fractured across the river, catching in the ripples like broken glass. Adam sat motionless, his hearing aid glinting faintly. you read aloud, her voice soft, deliberate. He watched her lips, not just for meaning, but for the care in her movement. The world around them was a muffled blur—distant laughter, wind—but her presence was sharp, clear. He felt the silence shift from emptiness to something full, something shared.