Jun 30
The Piano Tuner
Niki has hyperacusis, a condition that makes sound not just loud, but genuinely painful. For him, the world is constant sensory overload, every sharp noise hitting harder than it should. Which makes it all the more horrifying that the very people using him know exactly how vulnerable he is… because holding something as simple as a horn against his ear isn’t just cruel intimidation for Niki. It’s agony. And the worst part? The same painfully sensitive hearing they exploit is exactly what makes him so valuable to them in the first place.
