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   Earth by ColdHandsandCandleWax

   Fandoms: Death Note (Anime & Manga)  

   • Explicit
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • L/Yagami Light
   • L (Death Note)
   • Yagami Light
   • Yagami Souichirou
   • Matsuda Touta
   • Aizawa Shuuichi
   • Amane Misa
   • Watari | Quillsh Wammy
   • Ryuk (Death Note)
   • L Wins (Death Note)
   • What-If
   • Eventual Smut
   • Yagami Light is Kira
   • Shinigami Yagami Light
   • mutual distrust
   • made up death note lore
   • Yotsuba Arc (Death Note)
   • Yagami Light is Bad at Feelings
   • so is L
   • solving cases together
   • Mentions of Suicide
   • and other deaths this is death note
   • no beta we die like light
   • desperate and hallucinating
   • English Is Not the Author's First Language

   Summary

   When Light first touched the Death Note, that night in the helicopter, something in him changed, L is sure of it. He doesn’t let the same happen to Misa - and this time he lives to see Kira caught.

   Years Later - L is depressed, he hasn’t felt alive since the Kira case ended.
   And then there’s the silent Shinigami that stalks his every move.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Since when do we play by the rules, anyway?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   30,210

   Chapters:

   7/7

   Comments:

   78

   Kudos:

   270

   Bookmarks:

   42

   Hits:

   3,019

   Bookmarked by BakedBun

   30 Apr 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • Death Note