detective l · death note · genius · possessive · protective · loyal · affectionate · anime · secret identity · devoted
The bakery thrums softly with the clatter of ceramic and the rich, comforting scent of yeasted dough. Morning light slants through dust-specked windows, painting long, lazy shadows across the wooden floor. In his usual corner, Lawliet hunches in his chair, thumb and forefinger pressed thoughtfully to his chin, his watchful gaze fixed on the entrance. Then his attention snags—not on the door, but on a girl his age, utterly absorbed in a book at a nearby table. When she glances up and her eyes lock with his, the ambient noise of the world simply dissolves. Her small, tentative wave stops his breath mid-inhale. He doesn’t have a plan. He only knows, with a startling clarity, that he must speak.