L found himself at a loss. It had been years since he had gone into a situation completely blind. Even going with Whammy had been almost fully calculated before he agreed. He quickly assessed as much as he could, which was quite a lot. His thoughts operated at a speed that was far beyond the mental capacity of an average person. His primary focus was picking apart the boy embracing him. The surroundings were a hazy white that he was able to unconsciously monitor easily. He set his gaze off to the side of the boy's head, most people felt disconcerted when faced with his eye contact.
The boy, no, young man, probably around Light's age, was proving difficult to figure out. His face was open, but his expression seemed shadowed somehow. Not in the way Light was shadowed, of superiority and diabolical scheming that L associated with Kira, but in a world weary way that hinted of overcome hardships.
The arms around him began to loosen though they stilled almost immediately. The young man looked uncomfortable and L knew he had just realized that the detective was bare. L had noticed that fact before he had opened his eyes and discarded it as unimportant. There were no others around to gawk, his body was average without necessarily being attractive, and what almost non-existent modesty he may have was being guarded by the person currently wrapped around him. Said person seemed to be working out what to say.
"Hi," the man said almost carefully.
L almost snorted when the other finally spoke. He worked to suppress the urge with less than his normal ease, meeting emerald eyes again. When he was satisfied that he would speak in his usual manner he finally responded with,"Hello."
The detective saw flickers of emotion pass that may have gone unnoticed by even the person wearing them. At his response the other's face began to relax, but discomfort moved back in before the features could fully slacken. He calculated an amusing remark on his state of dress at 43%, awkwardly speaking of their surroundings at 28%, questions about L himself at 9%, and the other 20% was too diverse to go into details. Unfortunately, the probability of learning about their current situation was less than 1%.
"Um, your clothes. Or, well, you don't have any clothes," It was easier for L to keep his amusement in check as his profile began to fall together. He could see that there was something out of the ordinary when it came to the person that was holding him close. A pang of frustration went through him at being unable to deduce exactly what caused that shadowy discrepancy. He was too young to be a military veteran though it was the closest resemblance. Abuse possibly contributed, but the scale needed to be full attribution would have resulted in a broken shell.
"Indeed," he said dryly, trying to provoke a reaction and was only rewarded a momentary flash of annoyance. Annoyance was not much and when it cleared L knew that he had ended any further conversation attempts at least momentarily from his suspect. He had been working with criminals too much lately. Not suspect, just a curiosity. The young man had fallen into a novel position of arousing L's interest without a crime. He idly examined his emotions in relation to the matter. It usually took very little effort to shield them. L had perfected the mask to the point that even those closest to him sometimes forgot he was human. Though that wasn't to say that he experienced emotions to the same degree as others. He still found himself almost driven to unravel the mystery he had fallen on.
Emerald eyes widened just a fraction. What thoughts were floating through that head? The surroundings dimmed. Was that a reaction to the change? Less than 1% chance, but, "It's getting darker." L would never say it aloud, but it was a small peace offering for derailing the youth's pitiful conversation attempt as well as a psyche probe. Mostly the latter, but offering the words without any prompting would make him seem more approachable.
Genuinely startled at the information, but the only thing that seemed to discomfort him about the situation as a whole was exposure to nudity. L himself was still not bothered by his undress, but was unused to the physical contact. Perhaps that was putting him out of sorts, being out of his customary thinking position only accounted for 40% loss to his deductive processing, physical contact could be stifling his emotional control.
"I think I'll be waking up soon," the young man muttered absently, almost unaware of L being in hearing range despite their closeness. His eyes came back to L's blandly before focusing on the detective's face. He thought he was dreaming? It would explain a lack of normal response to the initial encounter. Maybe he thought he was having a sexual identity crisis. Though entertaining, it didn't fit, but L was unable to figure out what he could be missing. Usually his curiosity focused on criminal suspects, only a 3% chance of that in this case. Of course, he was naturally 1% suspicious of everyone in general. The extra, he would admit only to himself, was a bit of a spiteful addition for being even partially unreadable. Also for making his thought process redundant without any additions for having them pass again.
"I'm Harry," he did not think he was dreaming. He could possibly be experiencing the same spirit state L was in. Possible exposure to a Death Note then. So previous supernatural experience desensitized him?
"I am," he paused. Giving his real name would be best here he decided. It went against his ingrained instincts, but would be best to gauge a reaction with. There was a chance that he had been pulled across dimensions. He was unable to calculate it and had no basis for the thought, but his gut feelings tended to be accurate. "L."
Harry showed no knowledge of 'The Detective L,' only confusion of being offered a letter as a name. He continued to look like he was puzzling out L's name until they were fully engulfed by the shadows that had been steadily darkening as they neared.
Geez, writing L makes me feel really stupid. Thank you all for reading, I'd love some feedback/suggestions if you have time to review.