#v; deaf

[arrowsandradiation]

Lose it once, lose it twice

“It’s okay Clint, we can fix this!”

A text message. 

Delete.

Lips pressed together as the archer closed his eyes for a brief moment.

Clint., a familiar hand signed, red curls bouncing up and down as she signed, so quickly that he could barely grasp it.

Clint, your hearing is gone. They don’t know if you can get it back. I’m sorry.

Sorry. Weren’t they all sorry.

It had all happened so fast. Bullets were shot and some kind of super mutant on the loose, threatening the whole team.

Clint had jumped in between, shooting arrow after arrow, and eventually, bringing them all out before the explosion happened - the explosion that should’ve killed the others, that almost killed him, but only managed to take his hearing.

The moment he was free to go, he’d been gone, away from the city, from the noise that had now turned into monotone buzzing, towards the country side.

It was quiet, he knew that, no sound but leaves in the wind or the nearby lake.

Nothing. 

And that was where he’d stay, forever if he needed to.

Everything that made him an Avenger, everything that had made him worthy of helping, of saving people, it was all gone with his hearing.

How was he supposed to ever help anyone again? How would he ever manage to hear someone call for help, to know where explosions happened?

He couldn’t. He’d never be able to and it had sent him into a state of mind in which he just didn’t care. In which he just stared at the wall in the time he had to himself, or cleaned something, chopped some wood.

Nothing that required a superhero.

Because he definitely wasn’t one.

“Clint, please, text back!”

Delete. They’d be better off without him anyways.

[littlelostcastiel-blog]

Read My Lips | Closed

The world was tailor made for the hearing. No one spared a thought for those who couldn't hear and how much of a struggle it was for them to succeed. One of the best places to see this blindness to the hardships of other was a college campus. 

Castiel had been born profoundly deaf and raised by his brother the be part of the Deaf community, unlike many deaf children of hearing adults. He was lucky in that way, Gabriel being willing to learn sign and raise his little brother Deaf because that was what he decided was the best for him. Even though it was much harder on Gabe to do that rather than raise him in the Hearing world. Once he hit college though he was thrown in to the Hearing world and now he was sinking more than he was swimming. Refusing an interpreter was proving to be a mistake but he didn't want to admit he need help. He want to prove to Gabriel and the world that he could do this and succeed.

The front seat was the best place to read lips, since he always refused to accept an interpreter, the only problem being the teacher kept turning as he spoke so he couldn't catch over half the words spoken.  Instead he copied down the power points, incredibly vague and unhelpful though they were. He grades were suffering but their wasn't much he could do unless he admitted defeat. Which just wasn't going to happen.

[arrowsandradiation]

Deaf; Open

It had been two weeks.

Weeks since Clint had come back from the hospital, weeks since he’d even so much as left his room unless it was for water or the bathroom. He spent his days curled up on his bed or even the floor, listening to silence. It was everything the world was giving him right now, and so Clint embraced it. He looked at other people if he met them, but he couldn’t understand their words, but also didn’t want to even think about what they could’ve said. He was tired of it. This was bad. 

[arrowsandradiation]

Deaf; Open

It had been two weeks.

Weeks since Clint had come back from the hospital, weeks since he'd even so much as left his room unless it was for water or the bathroom. He spent his days curled up on his bed or even the floor, listening to silence. It was everything the world was giving him right now, and so Clint embraced it. He looked at other people if he met them, but he couldn't understand their words, but also didn't want to even think about what they could've said. He was tired of it. This was bad. 

[colbytking]

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our characters each lose one of their senses for 24 hours

When the box opens, Colby turns to comment about how the box seems to be harmless. “So-….” And goes silent as she realizes that her hearing is gone. The world has gone silent. Then, hoping she’s not talking way too loudly, since she can’t hear, she nudges Caleb to make sure she has his attention. “Can. you. hear?”