josef - a 100 word novel

Josef's deafness did not happen suddenly. It started as pressure in his ears. Then there was a sound like the sea or a fire.

Josef tried to ignore the noise then to fight it. He only made himself angry and experienced the noise as pain.

He was gritting his teeth and scratching his hands with his nails almost crying when his partner Lilli took him outside and sat him on the grass. Then she started to touch him. Three fingers and thumb firmly in random places on his back arms chest thighs. The noise receded and Josef began to cry.