You Can't Break Us Apart, You Can Only Make Us Stronger

Sign Language

'Alright, repeat the alphabet for me.' Clint thought, sending it to Peter through their connection.

Peter was learning sign language because he needed to have a different form of communication to fall back on if they were unable to read his thoughts.

Clint was teaching him because he had his own experience with almost total loss of hearing.

Peter repeated the alphabet for what felt like the millionth time in two days.

Good, Clint signed.

Peter smiled. They were spending their days learning simple sign language, and were going to get to the more complicated stuff in about a week.

The rest of the Avengers were supposed to learn sign too, but Nat already knew it and Wanda could just read thoughts (also, the multiple times she tried it, she accidentally used her powers and flung a vase at the wall).

Apparently, Tony was having trouble and Steve was a prodigy. He was even farther than Peter, who was doing pretty well himself.

Tony could only speak to Steve, Peter, and Wanda, and he couldn't speak loudly or for very long.

This meant sign language was probably a good thing to learn for the time being.

The rest of the team were doing pretty well. Sam and Bucky were farther than Tony but behind Peter, and Thor was just bad at it.

Bruce was at the same level as Peter.

It was fun to learn, but also pretty challenging to not mess up.

Peter secretly watched Tony all the time, and laughed when he messed up.

He must've been pretty quiet, because they never heard him.

Peter's speaking had taken a turn for the worst.

Since he couldn't hear, his confidence in speaking had disappeared, so he barely made a sound.

His senses were still enhanced, and he would get a tingle in the back of his mind when someone was about to speak to him or sign.

'You're doing a great job. Do you want to go help Tony and Thor with me? They're doing pretty bad.' Clint asked Peter, who nodded excitedly.

Clint shouted something across the room, and Tony and Thor came in soon after.

They sat down on the couches across from Peter, and he waved.

'HELLO MAN OF SPIDERS! THIS COMMUNICATION THAT MISS WANDA HAD GIVEN US IS VERY HELPFUL!' Thor's voice boomed through his mind.

'Hey Thor. You know, you don't have to be so loud.'

'Sorry Man of Spiders.'

'Alright, you two are getting very behind on this. Tony doesn't even know his swear words yet.' Clint joked.

Tony signed a swear word.

'Nevermind. Tony, not around the kid. Honestly, I can't believe you.'

Peter signed back another swear.

Tony burst out laughing, and Clint and Thor looked shocked.

'You kids better get it together, because if you mess up on your last time today, you owe me twenty bucks.'

Tony's mouth dropped open. 'Seriously? This is a class, not a bet!'

'It's a deal.'

Peter laughed.

The rest of the class consisted of Tony and Thor messing up their signs to the point of no recognition.

All in all, it was a fun day.