{"id":24916,"date":"2025-09-14T16:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24916"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:12:05","slug":"loud-and-clear-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24916","title":{"rendered":"Loud and Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loud and Clear<\/em><\/a> (2016) Aidan Wayne<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Loud<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cServes you right for being the smart one,\u201d he said, shouldering his phone so he could clear away his dishes. <\/p>\n

\u201cShut up.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tatyana always got touchy when Jaxon brought up that he was the stupid one in the family. He didn\u2019t know why; it wasn\u2019t like their parents hadn\u2019t done the same thing, and it wasn\u2019t like it wasn\u2019t true.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Suits were the first thing he turned to, the perfect uniform for success, immediately giving him command of a room, making people think twice when he took his time speaking up. Let them stew over his silences, not pity him for them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sober Caleb, in full afternoon sun, was devastatingly handsome, all sleek lines and perfect posture, and he looked like he could absolutely murder Jaxon without getting blood on his sleeves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This man had started learning ASL for their first date. And he was good at it. And he thought he was stupid?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Caleb Wrotslavsky, Jaxon Tlapa, Tatyana Tlapa<\/p>\n

Cover art: L.C. Chase<\/p>\n

Publisher: Riptide<\/p>\n

Rating: 9.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Loud and Clear (2016) Aidan Wayne \u201cServes you right for being the smart one,\u201d he said, shouldering his phone so he could clear away his dishes. \u201cShut up.\u201d Tatyana always got touchy when Jaxon brought up that he was the stupid one in the family. He didn\u2019t know why; it wasn\u2019t like their parents hadn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192,668,897,292,207,608,196,742,148,41,26],"tags":[379,597,544,783],"class_list":["post-24916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-5-10","category-comfort-read","category-contemporary","category-ebook","category-mental-health-rep","category-neurodiversity","category-novella","category-physical-health","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","tag-aidan-wayne","tag-dyslexia","tag-mm","tag-stutter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6tS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21883,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21883","url_meta":{"origin":24916,"position":0},"title":"Loud and Clear","author":"Michelle","date":"May 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Loud and Clear (2016) Aidan Wayne He turned on the light in his car and squinted. 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