Softly Spoken Words (bxb)

Teddy Carter has the plague.

At least, that's what it feels like to be selective mute: the inability to speak in stressful or uncomfortable situations. Family friends, fellow students, strangers-they always keep their distance from him. They won't touch Teddy, won't talk to him if it isn't necessary. Everyone seems to collectively dismiss him as 'the boy who can't speak,' and therefore not worth their time.

But what if there was a cure? What if the cure didn't fix Teddy, but gave him what he needed to heal. What if it allowed people to finally look at Teddy as a person, not just a psychiatric disorder? What if Teddy could finally feel like a person, instead of something summarized in two words?

And what if that cure was a person?

(Warnings:) Bullying, pessimistic thinking/self hatred, mentions of abuse/possibly gangs later on, boy love boy relationship(s). More warnings may arise.