I am Just a Boy
Prompt- L is convinced he will never be good enough for your love. You convince him otherwise.
Pairing- L x Reader
Fandom- Death Note
A/n- maybe a bit ooc but i thought is was cute
Unfortunatly for L it was one of those days. One of those days where everything and everyone seems to hate him. Where he is constantly on edge and he feels so unproductive but at the same time usesless for not doing anything. So he sat there not even wanting to ask you to get some cake incase you thought he was being a burdon.
Now L may of thought that he was hiding how he felt very well and maybe to an outsider he was but you were not just anybody. You were his partner, the light of his life, the person that made him laugh the loudest and sometimes his only reason for getting up in the morning. So you saw how he was feeling through subtle things only you could pick up on. The fact that he didn't absentmindedly stack sugar cubes ontop of each other, that he didn't rock gently side to side like he did when he was concentrating and how he answered everyones questions as curtly as possible unusual even for L.
So you waited because even though L was a very closed off person and hated talking about how he was feeling you knew that when he was having a bad day he would always see you out to comfort him with soft words or even just hold each other for a little while. And eventually he did come and search for you.
'Y/n' he said standing in the doorway of your room. 'Yes darling' you hummed turning to face him. 'Can we just lay down for a bit...?' he muttered staring down at his feet.
'Of course we can' you said gently. You felt proud of him because you knew how hard it was for him to admit that he wanted affection.
It was always nice to cuddle with L. He smelt like peppermints, old coffee and new paper. He clung to you like a koala burying his face into your neck and letting his bushy, black hair tickle your face. You didn't know how long this impromptu cuddle session would last however after a few minutes he spoke up but it was not what you were expecting to hear.
'Y/n why do you love me?'
Shocked you turned his head to look at him in eyes. They were big, round and midnight black but they were also slightly red as if he had been crying. This must of been a very rough day for L almost never cried.
'Lawliet what do you mean why do I love you? I love you because you're the only person exactly like you in the world. I love how smart you are and how you use your intelligence to help people. Love everything about how you look especially your lovely soft hair. I love your laugh even though I don't get to hear it often. But most of all I just love you and there's no other way to say it.'
'Do you truly mean all those things he asked pulling you closer until your foreheads were touching. 'I mean every single word I said plus there are still so many more things I love about you that I could never express them all and I don't even know how to describe the love that I feel towards you. Don't you ever worry that I won't love you. Now come on let's take a nap I think that would do you good.
And so you did. You fell asleep in each others arms bathed in the afternoon sunlight. The last thing L thought before slipping into dreamland was that even thought he had his bad days he always knew he could rely on you to bring him back up.

















