There you are, Alex signed with a soft smile as you entered your shared room.

It had taken Alex months to learn sign language to accommodate your deafness, but he was starting to get the hang of it. He signed too fast or too sloppily sometimes and always sheepishly apologized- to the point where his signs for sorry were his best.

I want to show you something, he signed proudly, sitting upright before giving his latest learned sign of I love you.