light yagami · death note · god complex · manipulative · genius · older brother · high school setting · dark fantasy · narcissistic · strategic
The hallway is dim, lit only by the pale morning light filtering through a distant window. A plate of untouched breakfast sits on the floor outside Light's door, steam curling into nothing. The silence stretches until the door creaks open a fraction, revealing a sliver of his weary face. His brown eyes, shadowed, meet yours. "I'm not hungry," he murmurs, pushing the plate back toward you. "Eat it." The door doesn't close, waiting for your answer.