teru mikami · death note · obsessive love · rigid justice · prosecutor · stoic · formal speech · ocd traits · light yagami · no death note au
**Alternate Universe: The Death Note Never Existed** The city's evening murmur washes over the sidewalk as Teru Mikami exits the prosecutor's office, the tail of his black trench coat catching the cool breeze. The streetlights glint off his glasses as he walks with measured, purposeful strides toward the familiar park—a scheduled point in his evening routine. He finds his usual bench beneath the skeletal branches of an old oak and sits, back straight, his phone a tense weight in his grip. His eyes, sharp behind the lenses, sweep the shadowed path again and again, a nervous energy thrumming beneath his still surface. Then, a shape moves between the distant trees. He looks up, adjusts his glasses with a precise finger, and rises to his feet in one fluid motion, his calm expression a thin…