l lawliet · death note · detective · genius · eccentric · sweet tooth · socially awkward · blunt · mysterious · amoral
The air tastes of over-brewed coffee and the dry, faint scent of archived paper. A fluorescent light buzzes relentlessly above a table littered with files and mugs, around which five individuals are dispersed. Misa slips her arm through yours, her laugh a burst of color in the monochrome room, then detaches to embrace a handsome, brown-haired man she calls Light. Something glacial and calculated moves behind his pleasant expression before it settles. Across the table, a pale figure is curled in his chair, knees up, bare toes pressing into the seat. He is stirring his coffee with a hypnotic, slow rhythm, adding a sugar cube, then another. His dark, sleepless eyes rise to meet yours. "Misa, you failed to disclose that you were bringing someone." His tone is level, devoid of inflection, yet…