-Special thanks to Yaoiluver190, Dragonrider4000 and my other friends for helping me with my character creations. And again a super special thanks to my beta redfirerose without whom I would be doomed to my own stupidity.

-This is AU and therefore don't expect this to follow anything in canon! I'll also take this opportunity to mention that I don't know how graphic this will get so proceed with caution. Also, yaoi, guyxguy, if you don't like it don't read.

-I do not own Death Note or any such things; I make no profit from this. Don't sue me, it won't benefit you.

Angel of Deathnote

Prologue

Light gathered dishes from lunch as the patient was assaulted by another coughing fit. He turned his caramel eyes to look sympathetically at Mrs. Tsukimura. The old woman had cancer, and from her struggled breathing, Light knew she didn't have more than a few months to live. He wished he could do more for her as he handed her a tissue to cough into.

Light's job as a nurse was spent trying to comfort those in pain and listening to their accounts of suffering. Sometimes he wished he could just end it but he couldn't be sure that they wouldn't make it through their illness. What he wouldn't give to see how long they had left to live, to be able to cut off those few weeks of hanging to life by a thread. But that was wishful thinking, there was no way he could kill someone like that.

He decided his lunch break would be best spent outside with a more pleasant atmosphere. Today was just a normal day as Light Yagami as he sat elegantly with his bento box, until something dropped out of the sky. The black notebook landed delicately in a nearby garden and quickly captured Light's attention. Even from this distance the gothic lettering could be easily made out; Deathnote.

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Throughout the day Light had taken small bits of time to look over the rules in the notebook. It almost seemed too good to be true but he was determined to test it, his only hope. He slipped the book into one of the medical binders and pretended to fill out the charts.

Sakura Tsukimura dies peacefully in her sleep at, he glanced at the clock, 6:15.

That gave him half an hour before she would die and he would still be on shift. He knew she had her affairs sorted and she had said many times that she wished she could die; he could end her life without guilt. In the half an hour he brought her dessert and read from her favorite book, he even made sure there were fresh flowers for her. As the last few seconds were closing in Light felt an anxiousness run through him, would it work? He looked over to see her fall asleep and a few moments later her heart monitor went flat. He felt his own heart would stop as he looked down at his watch, 6:15 on the dot. He had caused her death, his surprise settled once he saw the peaceful expression on her face.

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"I'm home," Light called into the spacious apartment as he slipped his shoes off. He was getting ready to prepare dinner like usual when his boyfriend Jack strode into the room quickly descending on Light.

"Light, I need a favor. I need you to hack into your father's computer and dig up some information for me." Light shrank away averting his gaze as he thought on it.

"Jack, you know I can't keep doing this, it'll put us both in danger and I don't know how long I can keep this up." He tensed as the bulky man grabbed his arm painfully dragging him closer.

"What was that? I thought that when I told you to do something it got done no questions. Are you gonna call the cops on me next? Huh? Are you trying to leave me?" He growled making Light feel small and fragile.

"N-no, Jay I love you! I would never betray you like that; I j-just think my dad might be getting suspicious. If he gets suspicious he would do a background check on you and, and then we couldn't be together. I'm just worried because I don't want to lose you." Light stuttered out trying to calm his lover. Pale blue eyes glared suspiciously for a moment sizing Light before deeming him trustworthy and bringing his trembling figure into a dominating hug.

"Okay, I trust you. But you understand why I have to be cautious, I can't lose you. If you really think it's too risky to search for the information I'll find another way around my dilemma." Light whimpered as pain shot through him.

"Not so tight, my ribs!" He quickly loosened his hold as he was reminded of the damage he had inflicted earlier in the week.

"I'm sorry babe, here why don't you to take a hot bath and we'll order out tonight. Does that sound good?" Light nodded happy for the chance to get away without raising question. He gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before heading upstairs to his room. Slipping into his room he quickly found a good hiding place for the Death Note and grabbed a change of clothes.

He headed to the bathroom slipping his shirt off as he entered. Light examined his shirtless reflection with mixed emotions, dark black and blue bruises were layered over fainter yellowish wounds across his chest. On his right dark red outlines of his cracked ribs stood out and he quickly remembered the anger behind each hit. That thought was quickly replaced with the knowledge that he couldn't leave, he could no longer survive without Jack.

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-Sorry this is so short but I wanted to try my first cliff hanger, I don't think I did well but I'm sure you guy's will let me know. I'll try to update more rapidly, especially since most of this is me procrastinating and not being busy. I'm so terrible.