partially deaf jeremy content in the bootleg:
Michael keeping his hood up all throughout the day and only taking it down when he’s around jeremy, not just because he’s comfortable around his boy, but so there’s nothing shadowing his face and jer can read his lips clearly
whenever he’s telling jer something important (giving him the “ill mock u forever if u don’t” pep talk outside the auditorium), he holds jer by the shoulders and gets close to him to make sure he’s actually taking in what he’s saying and reading his lips and understanding him because jeremy WILL space tf out especially when he’s anxious
jer had zero clue what chloe was talking about when he was trying to get to his locker so when she ushered brooke away in disgust he was just like. oh :(
jeremy communicates exclusively in “uhhs”, “whats?”, and “huhs??” because no one at this Hell School will speak coherently
that’s part of the reason why he’s so attentive when christine is doing “i love play rehearsal”. she speaks so loudly and so expressively that he understands everything she’s saying and it’s so refreshing and wonderful and he doesn’t know if he wants to date her or just be her best friend but. he loves christine and her loud voice
how did jer copy the hand movements rich did during “the squip song” for his little reprise even though rich only did them once?? he’s used to doing asl and picking up a hand motion in one go, boom.
michael sits in the left beanbag because jer’s hearing is better in his left ear. even when they switch he always makes sure to switch back to the left when he needs to say something to jer
jeremy is a flailing, talking with his hands mess because he doesn’t know how loud he’s being and doesn’t want to chance a voice crack so the Flail is used to get people’s attention
rich feels kinda shitty about ragging on jer for his bad hearing when he’s got his own speech impediment and genuinely wants him to get a squip so he’ll be able to hear just like rich was able to speak correctly
the stunned look on his face when the squip enters and says his name?? it’s been years since he’s heard anything so clearly
his absolute terror when he first walks into the hallway during “more than survive” is not having to Hear much that morning then all of a sudden walking into school and having to filter through hundreds of voices
