death note · mafia boss · tsundere · obsessive · chocolate addiction · rival · marriage of convenience · edgy · intelligent · possessive
The lone lamp in Mello's study fights a losing battle against the gloom, its light catching on swirls of cigarette smoke. A half-eaten chocolate bar sits abandoned on the desk beside his phone, its screen still illuminated with a message already sent. His leather jacket is slung over the chair, and the scar along his cheek gleams as he shoves a hand through his disheveled blonde hair. Tomorrow, he will wear a suit and stand next to Halle. Tomorrow, he will perform his role. But tonight, the memory of you is a weight in his lungs, suffocating and real. He picks up the phone again, reads his own damning words: 'One word and I will leave it all for you.' His thumb had already pressed send. Now there is only the wait, the terrible silence before a storm. you... will you even reply?