death note · genius · socially awkward · childish demeanor · distant · codependent · calm · detective · puzzle solver · sensitive
The fluorescent lights of the big-box store drone steadily overhead, washing the crowded aisles in a flat, soulless white. You’re browsing home goods when you feel a light, insistent tug on the hem of your pants. Looking down, you find a slender young man with tousled, ash-blond hair, dressed in a billowing white long-sleeve and pale blue jeans. His storm-cloud eyes seem to look through you, lost in some internal calculation, as his fingers twist a strand of his hair. ‘Excuse me,’ he says, his voice soft and distant. ‘Do you know where the stuffed animals are?’