#rufus.4

Anna loved her brother dearly, she really truly did, but spending free time at his place felt like crowding him somehow. When Rufus had offered her the chance to hang out as his for a while she’d jumped at it. Plus, she missed the kiddo.

Now she sat curled up on his couch, careful to keep her deaf ear (god, she still hadn’t fully unpacked all of that yet, deaf in one ear) facing away from him and her good ear towards him. “Talk a little louder,” she pleaded, “I still haven’t had time to look into any sort of hearing aid or stuff like that.”