*Prompt was suggested by chibikuro rose-sama, whom I thank immensely for the lot of drabble ideas! Thankies so much!


Title: Accidental Silhouettes

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Disquiet


It was a crafty sort of paranoia that had snuck in when he had least expected it to, unwavering in its stand of torrential emotion and utter despair. There was no other way to describe it, as the will to live slowly drained away from his being, leaving nothing but a bitter shell of the once proud, self-centered and belligerent detective.

"Daydreaming, Ryuuzaki?"

Looking into the once-pure boy's eyes, L wished he could say that he wasdaydreaming, much like the past couple of weeks.

Instead, he held in his breath and counted down the minutes until his ultimate demise.