It would benefit us to work together, Mello. There had been a point in time when hearing this from L would have thrilled him beyond belief. But as he looks across the table now he has a hard time not seeing Near's eyes under that dark mess of hair. Working with others had always come easier for Mello when he'd been the one calling the shots, not taking his place as a piece on the board.
He raises a hand to his chest, cross dangling from his wrist to clink lightly against leather. His eyes focus on the table in front of him, in the space just before L's napkin carnage.]
There's just a moment, two, when your heart throbs hard against your rib cage and then shuts itself off. One infinitely long but far too short period of time to wonder about the impact of everything you've ever done with your life. It's probably best that you don't remember that.
[Mello lifts his eyes, gaze hardening.]
I'll work with whoever I need to, but only on my own terms.
no subject
Is that what this is? Is that the lesson?
It would benefit us to work together, Mello. There had been a point in time when hearing this from L would have thrilled him beyond belief. But as he looks across the table now he has a hard time not seeing Near's eyes under that dark mess of hair. Working with others had always come easier for Mello when he'd been the one calling the shots, not taking his place as a piece on the board.
He raises a hand to his chest, cross dangling from his wrist to clink lightly against leather. His eyes focus on the table in front of him, in the space just before L's napkin carnage.]
There's just a moment, two, when your heart throbs hard against your rib cage and then shuts itself off. One infinitely long but far too short period of time to wonder about the impact of everything you've ever done with your life. It's probably best that you don't remember that.
[Mello lifts his eyes, gaze hardening.]
I'll work with whoever I need to, but only on my own terms.