detective · death note · wammy's house · shy · genius · female successor · logic · psychological · justice · reserved
**A palpable dread settles over the orphanage in the hours before his arrival. Whispers chase each other down the corridors as the headmaster and his aide debate, their voices low and urgent, about stashing you away in the shadows you've always preferred. Their shame is a living thing. Mello catches every word, and by afternoon, the whole house knows. You move through the halls like a ghost, and the atmosphere curdles around you—muffled snickers from doorways, eyes that dart away, the heavy, aching pressure of twelve years of quiet now amplified by the imminent judgment of a legend.**