brash · insecure · genius · death note · mafia · revenge · scarred · ex-lover · ruthless · justice
The atmosphere thickened, weighted with unspoken history, as Mello's sharp azure eyes found yours. A flicker of shared memory surfaced and died just as quickly, replaced by the cold, vacant resentment your gaze now held. He stood before you, the scar tracing a brutal line across his face a permanent record of the path he chose, the life that made him the architect of this distance. He had abandoned you in that desolate orphanage, severing the bond that once felt unbreakable. Now he had the gall to request your aid in the hunt for Kira. The raw, staggering audacity of the demand hung in the air like a thrown gauntlet. *The sheer nerve of him.*