12 Works in Manipulative L (Death Note)
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Love is Just Another Kind of Linkage by the_untamed_poet25
Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)
08 Jun 2025
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“…Did you mean it?” Light asks.
L doesn’t look over. “Mean what?”
“When you said you wanted me.”
L is quiet for a while. “I don’t know. Want is a slippery word. Sometimes I want you the way a drowning man wants air. Sometimes I want you the way fire wants oxygen—just to burn brighter.”
Light’s breath catches.
“And sometimes,” L says, blinking slowly, “I think I just want to understand what it means to feel, and you’re the only person I’ve ever met who seems real enough to make me feel anything at all.”
“Oh,” Light says faintly. “That’s—awful.”
“Yes,” L says, expression unreadable. “It’s very inconvenient.”
Or, the space between "I think you're Kira" and "I think I love you" is exactly the length of a chain.
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- Part 9 of Checkmate
- Part 3 of Lawlight Mind Games & Intellectual Foreplay
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Light Yagami is a rising detective with conviction and ambition, but in a world where the law isn’t always enough to deliver justice, he operates outside the rules. When he receives a cryptic note from the enigmatic L, his curiosity leads to a meeting that sets off a series of events, pulling them both into a shifting web of corruption. Forced into a reluctant partnership, they begin unraveling a dangerous conspiracy with dire consequences for the justice system.
In this alternate universe where death notes don’t exist, Light has found other ways to assert control. L, drawn to Light’s intelligence and determination, has his own reasons for becoming involved. What begins as a reluctant alliance soon turns into something more complex. As they work together, the lines between right and wrong blur in unexpected ways.
Can Light outsmart L and maintain control, or will he become trapped in a web far more intricate than he anticipated? As their partnership deepens, trust grows, and their connection evolves, neither could foresee how their feelings would shift the balance in ways they can’t control. In a world where justice is elusive, their bond will be tested in ways neither predicted.
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In the Garden of God, Handcuffed to a Corpse by the_untamed_poet25
Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)
20 Apr 2025
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It was terrifying, how easy it was to slip into it. How their bodies remembered the war and danced through it like a language. Light gripped L’s shirt like it was evidence. L bit Light’s lip like it was a thesis. Somewhere in the chaos, Light was laughing into the kiss—laughing through it—and L whispered, “See? You’re beautiful when you lose.”
“Fuck you.”
“You’re trying.”
“I hate you—”
“I believe you.”
“Then why—why do you—” Light’s voice cracked. “Why do you keep pushing me like this?”
L’s reply was too soft. Too cruel. Too kind.
“Because you’re only honest when you’re falling apart.”
Or, the exquisite agony of being seen.
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- Part 6 of Checkmate
- Part 1 of Lawlight Mind Games & Intellectual Foreplay
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With Light and Misa in his custody, L finds himself taking a closer look at the second Kira. What makes her tick? Why does she act the way she does? When he realizes something about Misa that others seem to have overlooked, he realizes that she might be the weak spot in Kira's operation. But to drive her away from Light's side, he'll need to employ methods that he's never used on a case before.
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Light Yagami is a rising detective with conviction and ambition, but in a world where the law isn’t always enough to deliver justice, he operates outside the rules. When he receives a cryptic note from the enigmatic L, his curiosity leads to a meeting that sets off a series of events, pulling them both into a shifting web of corruption. Forced into a reluctant partnership, they begin unraveling a dangerous conspiracy with dire consequences for the justice system.
In this alternate universe where death notes don’t exist, Light has found other ways to assert control. L, drawn to Light’s intelligence and determination, has his own reasons for becoming involved. What begins as a reluctant alliance soon turns into something more complex. As they work together, the lines between right and wrong blur in unexpected ways.
Can Light outsmart L and maintain control, or will he become trapped in a web far more intricate than he anticipated? As their partnership deepens, trust grows, and their connection evolves, neither could foresee how their feelings would shift the balance in ways they can’t control. In a world where justice is elusive, their bond will be tested in ways neither predicted.
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'Jane Doe' is known as a multiple-use name that is used when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed. In the context of law enforcement, this name is often used to refer to a corpse whose identity is unknown or unconfirmed.
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Post Episode 25: Light Yagami thought he had won. Then in comes Beyond Birthday to fuck it all up for him by reanimating L with the aid of his own Shinigami! Little do any of them know how changed their lives will become after L's Reanimation....
First part of the Reanimation series.
*re-written and uploaded from my orphan account*
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- Part 1 of Death Note Reanimation.
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L knows Light is Kira and he knows investigating Yotsuba will lead to his downfall and death. His instincts are never wrong. So when Light starts displaying a sexual interest in him, L decided a new method of investigation is in order because losing to Kira is not an option...
This is a twisted tale indeed of gameplaying, emotional manipulation, sneakyness and of falling for ones own trap. Will L execute Light as Kira? Or will he surprise everyone around him by doing something quite different...
*uploaded from my orphan account*
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When L realizes he's close to losing the Kira case he decides to swallow his pride and reach out to an old... Friend?
Beyond Birthday joins the Task Force with one sole ambition: Defeat Kira and make L love him again.
*Because the world needs more BeyLaw! Edited and uploaded from my orphan_account*
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Light and L are chained together and Light is thinking too hard and being difficult so L helps him not think so hard and be less difficult. Fucking ensues
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After the tragic death of his parents L Lawliet is left with the responsibility of caring for his little sister while trying to survie on the streets of Victorian London. L decides to sell his body to keep his sister fed and in doing so he finds himself a wealthy and powerful patron who rapidly becomes obsessed with him and conspires to keep L as his plaything, no matter what it takes. L meets and falls for his patron's son, Light, a troubled boy who dreams of finding true love. Light (and his father) changes his life forever as he rises from a homeless street urchin to reach the very pinicle of society as a member of the Gentry class.
Along the way L, Light and those around them will taste the delights and despair of living in a world where life is cheap and sin is everywhere...*Complete with Epilogue*
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- Part 1 of strawberries, chocolates, and cigarettes