Silence

@RANDOM28lol contacted me with a story idea where they asked if they could write the poems in the story.

I didn't feel like I could write the story they wanted me to but I asked them to send me one of the poems.

The poem inspired me. ❤ So I suggested another concept of the story and they agreed.

All the poems in the story are written by the talented @RANDOM28lol.

Harry has lost his voice. He has been mute for years. Ever since his family was brutally murdered in their home. He suffers from PTSD and survivor's guilt. Thinking that not allowing himself to talk somehow honor the death of his family. It's a lonely life. He has no one to talk to. Doctors and therapists have given up on him. He writes poems as a way to express how he feels.

He also writes at work. Running the gossip section of The Sun is something he despises but he's a journalist and he needs a job. No one tries to talk to him at work either. It's his own fault. But he hates how they go silent and then whisper about him as he enters the newsroom in the mornings. He keeps to himself. Until the new sports journalist catches his eye. Beautiful. Blue eyes. Wonderful smile. To his surprise, the man knows sign language and he's also determined to talk to him.

Life as he knows it changes. It's scary. Will he be able to actually overcome his trauma? Be something more than a bystander of his own life?

Warnings: Trauma, death.