don't ask the gods to help you because they're afraid of me || Death Note fic
So I've been getting really into writing my Death Note fic recently, so I decided I'd post some moodboards! Right now I've just done them of the main love triangle: Light, L and Mikami. But I'm hoping later in the fic other characters will be just as prominent, such as Sayu, Misa (I haven't decided how she'll come in but I love her too much to forget her), Light’s parents, the Wammy kids. I'm even hoping to include B at one point! Here are the moodboards, and I'll explain a bit about the fic below them:
Light Yagami
Light Yagami cares about nothing but his work (except perhaps his sister). Despite this, he's recently engaged to his boyfriend of three years, Teru Mikami, not because he loves him, but because it fit his five year plan.
Not long after his engagement began, Light meets a man who goes by Ryuuzaki, but turns out to be world-famous detective, L. L hires Light on the spot, straight out of university, for reasons unknown to Light, who is willing to grasp any opportunity who comes his way, no matter how strange; and he knows he's not going to get a much better offer than L.
(Other moodboards under "read more")
Teru Mikami
Teru Mikami is a lawyer who seemingly lives to be with Light. Deeply in love, he's willing to overlook the fact that it's unrequited, although deep down he is aware of it. He's upset when Light announces that he's taking a job which will require constant travelling, but knows that Light is far too difficult to argue with. He has to sit by and plan his wedding while his fiancé drifts even further away than he already was—but becomes more involved when he realises who Light’s new boss is.
L Lawliet
L Lawliet is tortured by memories of a past life. Although he chose his own fate, he has spent 30 painful years waiting for the day when it would be reasonable to seek out his lost love, Light Yagami.
When he finally finds and approaches him, L discovers that Light is recently engaged to somebody else; but this doesn't stop L from trying to get Light back. Offering Light a job, L ensures that they work out of the country, keeping Light away from his fiancé.
This story is in Light’s first person P.O.V.! I'm going to put an excerpt of the beginning just below and a link to the AO3 page ♡
As Teru leads me to an outside table at this very luxurious Italian restaurant in Tokyo, I immediately get a terrible feeling. Don’t get me wrong; I like the finer things in life, within reason, and Teru knows this, although he’s naturally a more modest type of person. It isn’t the restaurant which bothers me, because I deserve to be somewhere this beautiful and expensive. It’s why Teru would spontaneously decide to take me somewhere this nice with no particular occasion that bothers me. Usually he would say this kind of thing is excessive, gluttonous, greedy, that it’s a road to us becoming a couple of Elon Musks and fucking up Twitter.
As he helps me into my seat because his manners are second to none, I offer him a charming smile and admire the scenery. There are white curtains falling between each table; we’re in a patio of sorts with a roof above our heads, and little stairs leading up to us covered in lanterns. There are trees all around, and potted plants. It is atmospheric. I belong in places like these; they compliment my elegance. I’m avoiding looking at Teru as he sits down.
“Do you like it?” he asks me. He’s wearing a very nice suit. He always looks handsome but tonight an extra effort has been put in, I can tell. I think I might be feeling sick. I’m hoping to send appropriate signals that stop the terrible event from happening.
“It’s beautiful,” I answer, gently fingering the side of my menu. I just had a manicure, and my hands look perfect in this light; just like the rest of me I imagine. Oh my God, I think I look too good. I should have tried less hard but I didn’t realise what was happening until I’d already dressed and then caught sight of him looking like a very muscular Tom Ford catwalk model. I’m sending signals I don’t want to send by way of my resplendent beauty.
“Just like you,” he says, smiling. I knew it. He’s such a sap, he’s always been that way, I’ve always put up with it. We make sense together but I don’t want to go too far with it.
“I know how I look, Teru,” I say with a deep breath, and begin to read the menu. I am going to need alcohol. Wine feels appropriate but would also only worsen this situation. As I read the menu I really wine is definitely where this is headed.
“We’ll get the seven courses with wine,” Teru says like he’s in charge in this relationship. Yes. We will get that because it’s one of the few options on offer. I hate how delicious it all sounds. Oh, crayfish. I don’t get to have that often. I can’t believe I’m letting this happen. I should fake a sudden illness and run. “We’ll ask the sommelier what wine he suggests and go for it.”
“OK,” I say. He’s not even popped the question yet but this has turned into one of those situations where you marry a man and then he thinks he can tell you what to do. I think I have better taste in wine than the sommelier. I know my own tastes. Why are we asking the sommelier? What’s wrong with me tonight?
AO3 link:
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None of the images in the moodboards are mine, and neither are the lyrics written on them!
someone once tagged one of my posts with “L didn’t deserve light happening to him” and like. Listen. i love and support y’all (re: most of you) but straight up L Lawliet 100% deserved Light Yagami happening to him. Like Light Yagami being born was God directly saying “fuck you” to L.
Just posting to say I know I'm taking longer than usual with the new chapter but I promise I'm still working on it and hopefully it shouldn't be too much longer! I've just been super busy recently.
I thought a fun thing I could do for the fic, which is also just fun in general, is accept small prompts for L/Light which I could then work into the backstory of when they were dating (the life that Light dreams about). Super silly or super serious is acceptable! If any of them turn out really good I could even work them into the fic via Light’s dreams! So if you're interested, send me a prompt, or alternatively I could find a prompt list and you guys could choose from that? Anyway, interact with this post if you're interested!
P.S., this is open to people who don't read the fic too bc this backstory stuff should be understandable without context :))
Why do people act like Light being the shinigami in Relight is a fan theory because it really is pretty explicitly stated. They should have made the third movie in the film series Light, as a shinigami, finding L in human world and trying to convince him to use the notebook. That would have been great.
I'm curious whether a Death Note Discord chat would be something anybody is interested in? Not about my fic in particular, just Death Note stuff in general! Let me know if you're interested, even just by liking this post, and also lmk if you would help by being a mod if I did do it.
Guys I am so sick waiting for when Light gets a clue in my fucking fic I'm so ready to write them in love and Light is just thwarting my efforts why is he like this
Hi! For the prompt ask, Light’s dad finding out if you don't mind 😁 I love your fic!
Hi! Thank you so much!! I finished this scene but for some reason Tumblr isn't letting me copy and paste the scene into this post, so I'm just screenshotting it instead! I hope that's not too annoying, just think of it like an ebook 😭 again thank you for the ask!! I hope you like the scene, it might end up in the fic at some point 👀 it's about 1.4K
