I wouldn't normally post about the same author in two threads, but this short story is so sweet that I just want to keep it on it's own.

http://www.penguinhuggle.com/story.art.pages/viv/ASFM/ASFM.html
and an alternative link is:
http://www.gayauthors.org/anthology/winter2006/viv.html

It is a short story about a deaf boy. It really is sweet...