L woke from his light sleep with a start. The chain joining him and Light was rattling. Pulling, coiling and striking like a serpent as Light-kun tossed and turned. L seriously considered ignoring him and getting more work done. He changed his mind when he heard Light start pleading. Light-kun never pleaded, he never begged and he definitely never whimpered. Even at his lowest when imprisoned Light had stayed relatively composed. Something was very wrong here. L's frown deepened when amongst the unintelligible mutterings he caught several names: Soichiro, Sayu and...L! The detective froze caught between concern and a burning curiosity to find out why his name was on the teenagers lips. Why was he thought off in the same instant as Light's family? Forcibly saving that line of inquiry until later L started trying to wake Light-kun.
Shaking the teenagers shoulder with uncharacteristic gentleness the detective adopted a coaxing steady voice Watari had used when he was little. When that didn't work L shook Light's shoulder harder. This time he did wake up and grabbed L by the throat. Breathing hard Light-kun stared blankly at L for several long seconds before recognising him. With a choked sob he released the detective and started shaking, his arms clutching his sides as though he were about to fall apart.
Reaching out a hand, hesitating then touching the teenager lightly on the back L tried to comfort him. Eventually hugging him tightly with both arms the world's greatest detective rubbed comforting circles against Light's back. He didn't like to see Light cry. Feeling those drops of salt water against his shirt, feeling Light's body shake with silent sobs, it was just wrong. Light-kun was strong-willed, intelligent, manipulative but vulnerable? It didn't fit with L's overall image of the teenager at all. It also made him feel strangely...protective. No more than that almost possessive.
L begun to sing under his breath. Slowly Light became slightly more composed even if he gripped onto L as if his life depended on it. But L didn't let go until or stop singing until Light slowly drifted back to sleep. L had no idea why he'd felt the need to do that. A compulsion to comfort wasn't usually present or even existent in his mind most of the time. But it didn't really matter did it? After all Light-kun had managed to calm down. And though L would sooner die than admit it to Light himself it felt almost...pleasant falling asleep in Light-kun's arms. Just before he drifted off himself L made a mental note to reconsider this assessment. Feeling emotions this strong was...unusual for him. Though not entirely unpleasant.
(A/N) Hello, sorry for the gap between updates just had one of the busiest weekends I've had in years. Anyway how did I do? Oh and btw if anyone has any ideas for what L should sing please comment them or send me a PM. The best one will be worked into the story later.
-M