Hello hello! Can you do a Maylor imagine with Deaf!Roger and Blind!Brian?
I’m out of the loop, I had to look up what an imagine is. Let me know if I’m doing this correctly!
They first meet in a school for the deaf and blind. Well, meet is a tricky term. Roger could wave and Brian could say hello, but interactions were more difficult than they were worth. They stuck to their classmates for the most part.
The only reason they want to interact is because Brian brings in a lovely red guitar to school one day and Roger’s interest is piqued.
Of course, the language barrier is still there, so Roger on the spot decides, he’s gonna learn braille. He’s just gotta speak to that curly haired guitar player.
And he does, with the help of some of the teachers.
Communicating the in beginning is miserable work for the both of them. Roger finds himself talking, only to remember Brian can’t see his fingers. Brian does the same with his voice.
Oddly enough, they’re both quite fascinated with each other, so they make it work.
By the time the older graduates, they have a weird system in place. Brian finger spells and Roger replies in braille.
Romance doesn’t come into play well after their schooling days. Without students or teachers hovering around, it kind of just happens.
They were probably up all night, chatting in their slow but worthwhile way. Roger describes the stars to Brian and Brian tells Roger about the owls hooting and crickets chirping. And then they kiss. It’s awkward and bad, but it’s so good and sweet.
After that, their language evolves into something unwritten or unspoken. Simple touches convey paragraphs. Body postures and expressions say everything for them.
Of course, as the years go by, technology improves drastically, allowing them to speak much easier to one another. But it’s not always necessary.
Bonus:
Old Maylor. Roger has it easier. He can simply type what he wants to say and have his phone read it aloud to Brian. Brian on the other hand has to dictate to his phone and hope the text it shows to Roger isn’t crazy.
For a whole year, Roger calls Brian “Anus Lee” when his phone dictation took the word “actually” and butchered it.
