AU after Season 4. The year Justin turns 23, he and Brian get the news that over the next year he's going to gradually lose all of his hearing. The series tracks the next three years of their life as they manage their new reality, after-effects of the bashing, their eventual move to New York, and their ever-evolving relationship. Told in first-person chapters from their points of view and some outsiders, with some angst, a lot of hurt/comfort, and loads of humor. Never any big relationship drama, and no one ever takes themselves too seriously.

I've been frustrated with fics that I think show Deafness and sign language use inaccurately, so I wanted to write something that felt more true to that while still staying really, really in character. ASL is always in bold, and the grammar is switched into English for ease of reading.

The first twenty-six parts that all start with "The One Where" are the main series and are all in order. After that it's a lot more casual.