Greetings, dear audience! I have to thank scrambled-eggs-at-midnight for giving me the idea for this - even if I did only write ten sentences instead of twenty. I'll be updating this more or less regularly as I decide which person to do next. A came first because - um - he comes first.

Of course, I'll probably update faster if I get reviews! Lovely, lovely reviews. I love reviews.

- FairMaiden333

Disclaimer - I do not own Death Note…. Yet. Bwahaha.


Alternate

Who is Alternate?

Alternate is the best among the best, the perfect score, the quiet voice which always has the right answer.

Alternate is winter afternoons spent hiding up in the attics with only a bag of maple candies and endless stacks of books for company.

Alternate is nursing a sprained hand the first and last time he tried to punch somebody.

Alternate is the endless question - will I ever be good enough?

Alternate is a jug of maple syrup clutched in shaking hands as he tells himself that he doesn't really need much sleep, anyway.

Alternate is wistfully realizing that everything he knows about the world has been learned from books and screens.

Alternate is a pair of gray eyes which hide away from the world behind glasses.

Alternate is a rapt discussion about the finer points of some historical case; his face flushed with excitement as for once he forgets to be shy.

Alternate is trailing along behind B on some midnight escapade, certain that they'll be caught but equally certain that he wouldn't want to miss it.

Alternate is saying, for the hundredth time and a tinge of exasperation is beginning to enter into his voice, that he and B are just friends.