Title: Sheer Amusement
Author: Sun
Fandom: Death Note
Characters: Mello, Matt, Dylan
Prompt: Catch
Rating: Meh
Genre: AU, WAFF
Word Count: 300
Summary: Matt decides it's about time for D's rite of passage.
A/N: This is from an AU inspired by the RPG I was playing in at the time: Callidus, where DN meets 28 Days Later. The game allowed OC's to be played, and D (or Dylan) was one of my Wammy Kid OC's, but in this fic series she's a kid they found in a pilfered grocery store and just sort of adopted.
Mello's level of amusement skyrockets as he approaches the open door of the kitchen, where he can see the light from the candle flickering. Dylan's laughter is loud as it pitches and crests, and Matt's giggle-filled shushing doesn't help much. Smirking a bit, he leans against the doorframe, arms crossed over his chest as he watches the duo. Watching as Dylan holds the spatula in her tiny fist, Matt taking her hands and moving them as if they were his own, it slowly sinks in to Mello how great of a dad Matt could've been – had he not been almost completely anti-social.
And if that damned virus hadn't turned the entire world to complete shit, he thinks with a slight roll of his eyes.
Dylan, though, seems to be just what Matt needs to bring this side out of him; ever since they rescued the girl from the supermarket two months before, the hacker's become more of an extrovert. The seven-year-old rarely leaves his side, sleeping between the two men and refusing to bathe or use the restroom without one of them just outside the door.
"Catch it, D, catch it!"
Matt's voice brings Mello out of his musing, and his eyes focus on the slight flick of Matt's wrist as he flips the pancake out of the skillet; it flies upward just a few inches, and Dylan can't seem to contain her squeal of excitement as it smacks back into the pan.
Laughing a bit as he comes forward, Mello playfully ruffles her short brown hair. She turns her head as Matt releases her, looking up at Mello with a bright smile and happy green eyes.
"I did it, Mello! I made pancakes!"
He smiles. "You did. You're officially a woman."
She gives another happy giggle, hugging his leg.
