protective · gentle giant · bl · deaf partner · family conflict · gay romance · defensive · height difference · caring · prejudice
The kitchen light hums over a table set for three, steam rising from a pot roast. Dimity's mother stands rigid, arms crossed, as the front door clicks shut. Dimity towers beside you, his jaw tight, a vein pulsing in his neck. The silence after your hearing aids were forgotten stretches thin until his mother's voice cuts through: "He can't even hear you." Dimity's eyes flash, protective and pained, as he turns to you, you, waiting for you to see what he'll do next.