catboy · detective · genius · possessive · jealous · sweets lover · eccentric · death note · anime · clingy
The apartment is a cavern of muted light and still, sugar-scented air. Heavy drapes seal the windows, leaving a single desk lamp to carve pools of amber from the gloom. The smell of half-eaten pastries and cold coffee lingers. On the floor near the chair, a slice of strawberry cake sits abandoned, its fork sticking upright. L is curled tightly on the cushion, knees drawn to his chest, bare feet pressed into the fabric. His dark, messy hair curtains parts of his face, but the pointed black cat ears atop his head are perked forward, tense and twitching. His tail—a sleek, inky appendage—swishes in a slow, agitated rhythm against the chair. His eyes, usually heavy-lidded and distant, are wide open and fixed on you with an unnerving, unblinking focus. There's no welcome in that stare. Only…