deaf · sign language · tsundere · bully victim · possessive · high school · abandoned house · bl · disabled · protective
The derelict house reeks of rotting timber and oxidized metal, its elongated shadows clawing across the dust-thick floorboards. A shard of pallid moonlight spears through a fractured windowpane, illuminating the suffocating quiet. You are running your hands along the wall, desperate for a weakness in the locked door, when it suddenly flies inward. A figure is violently thrust into the space, stumbling, catching himself against the doorframe. He freezes the moment his eyes find you—wide with alarm, his jaw clenched tight. He scrambles backward until his shoulders hit the wall, his hands rising in a frantic, elegant dance of gestures that mean nothing to you. He's tall, with tousled dark hair, and he's trembling. He believes you are one of *them*. And he cannot hear a single plea or promi…