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Ambivalence by labeteleur (R/NC17)
Fandom: Death Note
Pairing: L/Light
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lebateleur
Author Website: Author's Memories
Why this must be read: Another fic set during the Yotsuba arc, this fic explores Light’s thoughts about who he is, who he wants to be, and who he wants to be with.
The sensory technique of this work is perfect for Light’s thoughts here and the overall affect is muted and perfectly bittersweet.
L turns his head slowly as he watches the city below, and Light follows the line of L’s gaze as it sweeps across the bright neon lights of Shibuya. It must be close to three in the morning, but this part of Tokyo never really sleeps. Car headlights illuminate the congested streets and the faint thud thud thud of dance music is intermittently audible as club doors open and close. The breeze carries the genial chatter of drunken voices to Light’s ears. The traffic light at the station intersection changes and a waiting crowd of pedestrians surges forward. A woman shrieks with laughter from somewhere within their midst.
A single star twinkles faintly through the smog in the night sky above. Light can’t exactly say why it catches his attention, but he marvels at the futility of its persistence in shining here. He is suddenly very lonely standing on the rooftop of this empty highrise in a place that is otherwise so full of life. He looks at the crowds on the streets below and wonders why he isn’t down there as well, surrounded by people living ordinary lives. Not one person out of that crowd knows that he’s standing up here, right now, watching. He shivers with the isolation of it, and wonders exactly where everything went wrong, why he’s no longer just another college student skipping out on lectures to sleep late or go talk to girls.
Ambivalence
Pairing: L/Light
Author on LJ:
lebateleurAuthor Website: Author's Memories
Why this must be read: Another fic set during the Yotsuba arc, this fic explores Light’s thoughts about who he is, who he wants to be, and who he wants to be with.
The sensory technique of this work is perfect for Light’s thoughts here and the overall affect is muted and perfectly bittersweet.
L turns his head slowly as he watches the city below, and Light follows the line of L’s gaze as it sweeps across the bright neon lights of Shibuya. It must be close to three in the morning, but this part of Tokyo never really sleeps. Car headlights illuminate the congested streets and the faint thud thud thud of dance music is intermittently audible as club doors open and close. The breeze carries the genial chatter of drunken voices to Light’s ears. The traffic light at the station intersection changes and a waiting crowd of pedestrians surges forward. A woman shrieks with laughter from somewhere within their midst.
A single star twinkles faintly through the smog in the night sky above. Light can’t exactly say why it catches his attention, but he marvels at the futility of its persistence in shining here. He is suddenly very lonely standing on the rooftop of this empty highrise in a place that is otherwise so full of life. He looks at the crowds on the streets below and wonders why he isn’t down there as well, surrounded by people living ordinary lives. Not one person out of that crowd knows that he’s standing up here, right now, watching. He shivers with the isolation of it, and wonders exactly where everything went wrong, why he’s no longer just another college student skipping out on lectures to sleep late or go talk to girls.
Ambivalence