#just touching it constantly. yearningly like a yearner

[corviiids]

For the one word prompt: Ghost

<3 went with lawlight. this takes place in an "L change the world" continuity (where L writes his own name in the death note for 23 days later in order to defeat light, light dies first, and L wears his broken watch).

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Lately it's just been jingling. A bit of clanging. It tends to ease a bit when L closes his eyes, but somehow the quiet is disquieting still.

His wrist tugs to the right again. The chains jingle.

It does seem to get more persistent the higher the moon creeps. Next time he needs cuffs like this, he's going to find the padded ones, stop the bruising on his ulnar head and the cold feel of the metal on... well, actually, it's a bit of a moot point, now.

"I want to go to sleep," Light says plaintively. "Hurry up."

Look to two timekeepers:

Down: it's still just a broken watch.

Up: 8 days to go.

L touches the shattered glass on the watch's face. It's of a fine make. Stainless steel resting gently, snugly, against the bones of his wrist. The band is warm to the touch, or warm-ish, warm enough, as warm as it can get from his dubiously low body temperature.

L shakes his arm. The watch doesn't move. He looks away and shakes it again. The cuff jangles against his wrist, chilled and ill-fitting. The chain jingles. Someone breathes behind him.

"L," says Light. "Hurry up. I want to sleep."

The chain tugs him again.

Look to two out of time: 8 days to go and there's no light in the room. The moon crawls a little higher, petulant.

"I'll come soon," says L.

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