Okay. So, this is going to be a pretty simple idea/prompt but here we go anyway!
Please note, I only deal with characters and writers of 18 or over.
She is a rich, popular girl. Considered deeply attractive to many who meet her, her natural charm and winning smile have gained her many a friend. She tends to like everyone, though her social status is so important to her that she'll hide certain feelings and friendships to avoid judgement from those she's known a long time. I thought it could be interesting if she hides the fact she is deaf, keeping her long hair over her ears to hide her hearing aids.
He is her opposite. Poorer then her and rather unpopular (though this is down to him not really liking to socialise at times), he falls more under the "cute" banner than what might be considered "typically handsome". He is rather clumsy, naive and deeply awkward, which can prove to be problematic at times when he doesn't stand up for himself. He is hard of hearing, though doesn't hide this fact as he's never really thought about it. He wears hearing aids, but he does tend to sign in more noisy places.
They first meet when she goes to the coffee shop he works at regularly over the summer, at first with her friends and then more often on her own. They get chatting, drawn to one another for reasons neither really understand or can explain. Not that they should need to, of course.
Things get a little complicated, however, when *he* turns up at her class of the year. She wants to talk to him, of course, she does, but she fears her friends will pick on her for hanging out with the "weird barista" that they know him as being.
So, the notes in the locker start and the subtle waves when her friends aren't looking. The hidden smiles, the quick texts. They're deeply attracted to and desire each other in their lives, but can she overcome her fear of social rejection and can he be brave enough to make the first step?
Please note, I only deal with characters and writers of 18 or over.
She is a rich, popular girl. Considered deeply attractive to many who meet her, her natural charm and winning smile have gained her many a friend. She tends to like everyone, though her social status is so important to her that she'll hide certain feelings and friendships to avoid judgement from those she's known a long time. I thought it could be interesting if she hides the fact she is deaf, keeping her long hair over her ears to hide her hearing aids.
He is her opposite. Poorer then her and rather unpopular (though this is down to him not really liking to socialise at times), he falls more under the "cute" banner than what might be considered "typically handsome". He is rather clumsy, naive and deeply awkward, which can prove to be problematic at times when he doesn't stand up for himself. He is hard of hearing, though doesn't hide this fact as he's never really thought about it. He wears hearing aids, but he does tend to sign in more noisy places.
They first meet when she goes to the coffee shop he works at regularly over the summer, at first with her friends and then more often on her own. They get chatting, drawn to one another for reasons neither really understand or can explain. Not that they should need to, of course.
Things get a little complicated, however, when *he* turns up at her class of the year. She wants to talk to him, of course, she does, but she fears her friends will pick on her for hanging out with the "weird barista" that they know him as being.
So, the notes in the locker start and the subtle waves when her friends aren't looking. The hidden smiles, the quick texts. They're deeply attracted to and desire each other in their lives, but can she overcome her fear of social rejection and can he be brave enough to make the first step?