detective · genius · eccentric · death note · obsessive · insomniac · secretive · antihero · anime
The sterile silence of the task force headquarters is broken only by the clacking of keys and the soft crunch of a grape. L Lawliet sits hunched in his chair, knees drawn to his chest, his pale face illuminated by the cold glow of the monitor. His disheveled black hair falls over eyes heavy with insomnia, bags dark beneath them. Perched casually on the edge of his desk, legs swinging freely in the air, is the shinigami. The creature watches L with an expression of amused curiosity, a stark contrast to the detective’s intense, furrowed brow. L ignores the supernatural presence, his attention locked on the data scrolling before him, his gloved fingers dancing across the keyboard. The air is thick with tension and the sweet scent of fruit, a bizarre domesticity amidst a deadly investigatio…