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Funeral March

Written for @mattmelloweek Day One: Forgotten Dreams 800 words Read on AO3 Content notes: Canon-compliant character death

Matt had a dream as a child. He was going to become L. It was the same dream as all the other children in the orphanage, but it was his, too, and he held onto it like a shining treasure.

He was six years old when he came to the Wammy House. The dreams of children are gossamer; they are things that change easily, things which can be broken with a touch.

[cup1dgrave]

@mattmelloweek week Day 1: Love Languages!! I think these two are big on getting each other useful things or just spontaneous gifts.

[reapkusho]

[written for @mattmelloweek. day 1: love languages/forgotten dreams]

and there's no easy way to say it (in a way that feels honest)

"What's your… love language?" Matt finally said the last two words as if just remembering them. He glanced at Mello who suddenly had a perplexed expression. He could immediately tell whatever he'd been working on was put aside, if only for a second. "My what?" Mello raised an eyebrow, not looking away from the screen yet. "Love language." "Pffft…" Mello finally gave him an incredulous stare. "Since when can you afford to talk about this stuff to me?"

the full thing is on ao3 <3

[jam-budz]

Hey this is the first time I take part in matt x mello week! So excited to post some other stuff this week

Day 1 - Love Languages

Matt's love language is being an idiot

[claudecontemplates]

Day 1. Forgotten Dreams (MattMello week 2026.) (2141 words) by claude_contemplates Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Death Note (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Matt | Mail Jeevas/Mello | Mihael Keehl, Matt | Mail Jeevas & Mello | Mihael Keehl Characters: Mello | Mihael Keehl, Matt | Mail Jeevas Additional Tags: Memory Related, Orphanage, Wammy's House (Death Note), Wammy's House Era (Death Note) Summary: So now a scrawny 9-year-old boy with a nest of brown hair, tired eyes, an affinity for video games and soccer and mints and dogs and other things that most 9-year-old boys like, was standing to, perhaps, be the next L.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

MattMello Week day 1 - Forgotten Dreams

Word count: 1420

Rating: Teen and up audiences Chapters: 1/1

Additional tags: MattMello Week 2026 (Death Note), Fluff, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

i hope yall enjoy <3

[iiiiime]

Mattmello week Day 1: @mattmelloweek

Love Languages 20:

Matt and Mello both had different ways of showing affection.

Ever since they were still in Wammy's Matt has been antisocial and didn't interact with other kids that much. He would stay in his room all day and play video games or read comic books. When he did come out it was for a few reasons, food, schoolwork, or Mello.

At Wammy's Mello also didn't have other friends. Not because he avoided people, most kids didn't put up with his moods and hatred for Near. They would say “He's just smarter than you.”, “He can't control it.” And worst of all “It's not his fault you're dumber.” Mello gave up after that and embraced the fact that Matt was his only friend.

Now, 10 years later it's the same and different.

Matt is still antisocial, but he'll go on walks with Mello, go to the grocery store, maybe to a game store if Mello lets him.

Yet now, Matt has matured. He knows that when talking to Mello he should be focused on him, not staring at a phone or playing with his switch. Matt gives Mello his full attention. Listening to him complain about a dog he saw on an errand or smiling when Mello shows him something. He'll go on the walks, or on the errands if he feels he hasn't spent enough time with Mello that day.

He remembers at 15 years old that he'd listen to Mello practice one of his languages for 2 hours.

Mello still isn't the best at making friends yet he can talk to people normally. Asking someone what they're doing for vacation or making small talk. He doesn't exactly like it, but he understands that making conversation is better than awkward silence.

Mello can't help but think about Matt when he sees a comic book or a specialized controller. He knows that Matt loved these things. Mello ,of course, doesn’t get Matt a console every time he sees one, but he’ll usually get a comic book or manga for him once a week. Sometimes tickets for a movie, like Studio Ghibli Fest.

When Mello was 16 he had brought an Avatar The Last Airbender comic book for Matt. However he chose the wording,

“This is one of your anime things, right?”

Matt replied, “Yeah, yeah, it's a book from a show.” He had decided to spare Mello's pride and tell him he was correct, though he was silently laughing. When Mello asked why he was laughing Matt said it was nothing, just that he was very thankful.

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@mattmelloweek

day 1 : love languages

they coexist in near-silence. mello doesn’t mind the tinny DS speaker.

(we’ll see how consistent i stay with this)

[riverr4n]

forgotten dreams for @mattmelloweek day 1

second year doing this :) lets hope I finish the week this time

also this is lazy asf because i have the flu

[lunanaluna]

slushies

written for day 1 of @mattmelloweek! This is for the first prompt Love Languages/Forgotten Dreams, and the full piece can be found on ao3 :)

Mello looked at Matt, noticing something different to usual. He didn't typically do his hair any way special, he favoured keeping it down and a bit messy. Today it was tidy; maybe even straightened. It wasn't like Matt to use his straighteners, Mello had done his hair once and he swore up and down that he never wanted it looking like that again—it seems like that was bullshit.

"Your hair looks good today." Mello liked it, really liked it. More than he remembered.

[symph0ny0fdestruction]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Death Note (Anime & Manga) Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Matt | Mail Jeevas/Mello | Mihael Keehl Characters: Mello | Mihael Keehl, Matt | Mail Jeevas Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Canonical Character Death, Wammy’s House (Death Note), MattMelloWeek2026

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   Summary:

Mello had one dream. The ultimate dream. Be number 1 and therefore be selected as L’s successor.

Matt, however, had not realised there was such a hefty price on dreaming, because he had loads. Some were big, some were small, and most were just plain stupid.

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MattMello Week Day 1 Prompt: Forgotten Dreams

[symph0ny0fdestruction]

day 1 of @mattmelloweek :) <3 sorry i don’t really know how to tag or post this

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@mattmelloweek

Prompt One: Love Languages

I think Mello's love language would be practical jokes! He swapped Matt's cigarettes for heart-shaped lollipops instead!

[lckstmamacita]

mattmello week | day 1: love languages/forgotten dreams @mattmelloweek

i wanted to make them share an intimate moment with each other, accepting who they are and accept the present time! im so fond about them TT

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[mattmelloweek]

What does the memes and trends prompt mean?

Memes and trends means any popular trend or meme that you wish to incorporate into your work will fit the prompt :) You can have the characters being in the situation or just a small crack fic for example

The prompts are very loose and you cannot be wrong in how you interpretate the prompts

- Ren

[mattmelloweek]

can we post fanfic to ao3 and if we do how do we tag it and stuff?

Yes you can, you can either send us the AO3 link here for us to post or you can create a post with a link and tag us in it

- Ren