12 Works by ryeglance
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He ends up leaving the gym at 7.30am, when the sky is brighter and the sun out. He thinks back to Oikawa's knee brace, the white one he's had since third year of middle school, and wonders if it came from being too lonely. He wonders how Oikawa has been doing and is angry at himself for it.
After high-school graduation, Tobio starts his first year at Chuo University in Tokyo, miles away from Miyagi and everyone he’s ever known—with the exception of third-year Chuo University student Oikawa Tooru.
Even after all these years, Tobio finds himself unable to look away.
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Wilson’s mother calls to tell him Danny’s getting worse, and for some reason, House’s hellbent on finding something wrong with her—and Wilson.
But there isn’t anything to find out, Wilson swears. There’s nothing at all.
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The classroom a theatre, his classmates the audience, everyone—everyone!—an actor—and he feels an irrational urge, right then and there, to stand up and speak. Something clenches in his chest, and elation hooks a chandelier over the dim, cold classroom lamps, and Neil becomes aware of a yearning, brighter and brighter, that implores him, begs on its knees to speak—and dear God—he wants, and wants, and wants so much that it clenches his hands into fists and his mouth into a line and squeezes life out of him, there to be found yet—and to be an actor, even miles away from a stage, is a prospect as heartbreaking as it’s possible, because now the stage is right in front of him and it’s almost pathetic, is pathetic, how much he wants to feel the words (drip from his tongue, like honey).
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In which Neil’s father doesn’t let him audition for Henley Hall, but A Midsummer Night’s Dream features heavily in Welton’s literature lessons—and when a performance opportunity rolls around (disguised as Welton’s annual Open House ceremony), it prompts Todd into directing that very same play.
And Neil, of course, wants to act.
(Or: In which Todd and Neil save each other.)
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"The man standing in front of him is an affront to humanity. Dark eyebags, hunched figure, crumpled T-shirt paired with blank eyes and pale skin.
The man—thing? —then shuffles forward. Light looks down and immediately regrets it. The thing’s barefoot toes squelch on the hardwood floor which Light had just taken the liberty to sweep. He vows to himself to never do any good deed for anyone ever again.
Smile, Yagami, the voice in his head says."
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or: Light is a part-time barista, and L is his mysterious customer. They take an interest in each other.
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The bell dinged. Light stretched a smile across his face, as far as it could go, and just when he was about to say “Welcome!” in his brightest, cheeriest voice ever, the word wilted on his tongue.
The customer was a weirdo. Not even half a weirdo, not even slightly a weirdo, he was just a full-on weirdo. Light’d seen many weirdos, of course—that was sort of a guarantee of the job. He’d seen drunken love confessions, a guy pissing right next to the entrance, another who purchased twelve cartons of a dozen eggs and proceeded to throw them all out of the car window when he drove away. And on one particularly memorable occasion at 10.37 pm on a Wednesday, a well-dressed businessman had grabbed Light’s wrist, looked him straight in the eyes, and said, “Be careful, boy. The devils in Hell know you, and they’re coming for you.”
Now, looking at the customer before his eyes, Light realised how true that last statement was.
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or: Light, and L, and learning how to be perfectly normal.
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glass half full, i'd probably just drink that too! by ryeglance
Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)
04 Feb 2025
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He exhaled, going into the bathroom and locking the door behind him. Finally, finally, some peace and quiet—
“Hello,” a voice said from behind the shower curtain.
Light screamed, flinging himself away from the shower curtain.
“Don’t scream.” The voice sounded mildly annoyed, and a pale hand reached out and tugged the shower curtain open. “I don’t look that horrendous, I'm sure. And I'm definitely not as terrible as those people partying down there.”
Light stared at the person before him. He was curled up in the bathtub and looking quite content with the life choices he had made thus far, except he also looked like an anthropomorphic version of a raccoon whose main diet was derived from rummaging through countless dumpsters. The way this unknown person was hunched up in the bathtub was also reminiscent of a shrimp, and the sight made Light vaguely uncomfortable.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to scream, I was just…startled, I suppose. I wasn’t expecting someone to be up here…”
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or: Light meets L at a college party that both of them regret going to.
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When Light finally crawled into bed at midnight, an hour behind his usual schedule (oh, god, he hated when things were behind his usual schedule), he was royally pissed the fuck off.
First of all, he had a fucking fifteen minute shower before L banged on the bathroom door to ask him for the hairdryer. And then banged on the bathroom door again to ask when he could come in to brush his teeth and if Light was naked, both questions Light dearly wanted to say no to but clearly could not.
Second of all, L was terrible at keeping his belongings all to himself. Not in the nice, traditional way of oh, I’ll share this with you, but oh, I’ll dump my mess all on your side, which was exactly what he did and now L’s shirts were scattered on the floor around Light’s bed, vaguely resembling some sort of demon exorcism ritual, except with shirts instead of candles.
And the last reason of all, Light could not fucking sleep.
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Alternatively, a road trip, starring Light and L. You can imagine how well that would go.
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A (Part-Time) Florist's Guide to Saying Fuck You in Flower by ryeglance
Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)
09 Jul 2024
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“Ah, Light-kun. My plants aren’t growing very well recently, do you have anything for that?”
Light blinked. “...do you know which breed of plant it is…?”
L stared at him, and oh my god, please don’t open your mouth—
“....green ones?”
And Light swore, if murder wasn’t legal in Japan, he would personally take L to, well, wherever the fuck it was still legal, to space if he had to, and murder him himself, because of the countless number of plants who had died by his hand and ignorance, and honestly he thought that many people would agree that it was a fitting punishment for someone like L.
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Light Yagami, a part-time florist, meets a customer, L, who knows nothing about flowers but everything about literary works.
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I Want To Kill You So Bad (But Also Maybe Kiss You) by ryeglance
Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)
06 Jul 2024
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Light Yagami should’ve known.
Whenever a transfer student comes into play, they’re either the love interest of the main character in question, or the weird kid who’ll get bullied, or an amazing genius that’ll compete with the current top student of the class and create a love-hate relationship that’ll span decades and extend to their children, and by extension their grandchildren, and probably their great-great grandchildren as well.
This transfer student, Light could tell, had already fulfilled at least one of the criteria.
He was weird.
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A new transfer student, L, moves into Light's class, and Light is forced to put up with him.
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Saki seemed a little suspicious, but thankfully he didn’t try to pursue the topic any further (good for Light, because honestly he could barely stand the man—which was also true for most people who were not Ryuzaki), and simply nodded. “Thanks, Light-kun. If he’s still not here in two days, please help me go over to his house and check that everything’s alright.”
Light nodded, feeling like a bobblehead, and his face was already stiff from smiling so much.
“Sure thing,” he said, watching the red flow down the drain. “I’ll let him know.”
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When L doesn't show up at the office for a few days straight, Light starts to get worried, but there's something he may have forgotten.
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i can only say i love you with my eyes closed by ryeglance
Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)
02 Jul 2024
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Light stretches. “Humans change, Ryuzaki. It’s kind of what they do.”
“But Light-kun doesn’t.” Ryuzaki says this with a strange certainty, and Light knows he’s right.
Light Yagami doesn’t change. He never does.
He never has nightmares, either.
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Light starts having nightmares of a person's face he keeps forgetting.
Yotsuba Arc.
Written for Lawlight Week, Day 3: Sleeping togehter/ nightmares
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The Existential Crisis of Having Soulmates by ryeglance
Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)
01 Jul 2024
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"When he was done, Light stepped up to the podium and dutifully recited a speech that he immediately forgot the moment he finished, which was remarkable, but judging by the looks on the students’ faces, it was memorable by their standards. Which was somewhat saddening.
And just like that the day was over.
As he walked off the stage, though, Light couldn’t help but sneak a backwards glance at L. Perhaps university wouldn’t be as boring as expected, if it was populated with these kinds of weirdos.
When he got home, only then did Light remember about the timer, but when he pulled his sleeve up it had already reached zero. Which was fine by him; he had all the time he spent at university to find them, after all, if he so desired."
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Light Yagami's never been someone who believes in soulmates.
Written for Lawlight Week, Day 2: Soulmates