heeey. what u think bout deaf remus? do u have any headcanons for deaf!remus&wolfstar
heeey! omg yes i’ve thought about deaf remus a lot and i lowkey love the idea of deaf!remus & wolfstar interactions (obviously)
remus lost his hearing really young (illness, maybe, or smth). he wears hearing aids sometimes but not always, especially at home. sirius learns very quickly that “are you wearing them?” is a practical question, not a rude one.
sirius absolutely learns sign language. like fully commits. downloads apps, takes classes, practices in the mirror. he fingerspells “i think you’re hot” wrong for weeks and remus pretends not to notice because it’s cute.
remus prefers signing over lip-reading because lip-reading is exhausting. sirius makes a point of always facing him when he talks. if he forgets, remus just snaps his fingers once and raises an eyebrow. sirius immediately pivots like sorry sorry love <3
honestly it’s really important to them, because once when sirius said “i love you” in french for the first time, remus caught the shape of the words but not the meaning and just went like … okay that was romantic but in what language.
signing is great for them btw, because sirius is very tactile. he touches remus’ wrist lightly to get his attention, squeezes his knee under the table when a joke is being made, presses his forehead to remus’ temple when the room gets loud and chaotic, so they really enjoy showing what they feel in gestures.
remus loves loud music because he can feel the bass through his whole body. sirius buys a stupidly expensive speaker just so remus can sit on the hardwood and feel it vibrate through his spine. they also dance together in the living room barefoot.
they develop their own shorthand signs. sirius invents the ones that mean “you looks so pretty, i want to bite you” & “stop being so stubborn” and remus invents the ones that means “i know you’re spiralling, talk to me” & “i want you, now”. it becomes their own system.
fights hit different for them i think. if sirius storms off mid-argument and keeps talking from another room? useless. he has to come back. he has to face remus. they have to look at each other, and it kinda forces honesty, which is a good thing.
when the lights are off, sirius traces words on remus’ skin (slow letters across his shoulder blades or stomach or chest or forearms). remus always guesses them. sometimes sirius cheats and just writes “my moon” to express his affection.
remus loves when sirius mouths things against his skin. collarbone, shoulder, jaw. he can’t hear it but he can feel the breath and see the shape if he pulls back.
sirius is obsessed with making sure remus never feels left out in group settings. if someone talks over him or turns away while speaking, sirius just goes “face him” and it honestly looks like he’s about to start hissing to make sure his man is not being left out.
remus loves watching sirius talk. even if he’s not wearing his hearing aids, he’ll just sit there and watch sirius’ mouth move because it’s expressive and dramatic and so him.
sirius kisses remus to get his attention instead of tapping him sometimes :,)