(Spoilers for Death Note)
Imagine Light getting nightmares after becoming Kira. They start happening more and more often, in each one he is either convicted of being Kira or is dying a different way.
Imagine Light waking up in the middle of the night, gasping, always so alone.
Imagine him going downstairs, breathing heavily, to get himself some hot water.
Imagine Soichiro, who usually comes home really late, sipping tea at the couch and seeing Light in his vulnerable condition.
Imagine Light sitting next to his father, who doesn’t ask what’s wrong, but instead just puts an arm around his son, both of them calming down in a comfortable silence.
Imagine Light feeling so terrible that one by one, tears slowly start to spill from his eyes, and Soichiro just pulls him closer, and Light’s breath calms down again.
Imagine Light falling asleep on his father’s shoulder, Soichiro wondering how his son grew up so fast, so alone and isolated due to his intelligence.
Imagine Light and Soichiro waking up at about five in the morning, both just sitting there, leaning on each other, for another ten minutes, until Soichiro has to go back to work.
That’s why, during L’s test of innocence after Light has renounced ownership of the Death Note, Light is so utterly horrified with the idea of his father killing him.
And after L’s death, Light becomes even more fragile. He becomes prone to panic attacks, breaking down while working on the case.
And Soichiro puts a hand on Light’s shoulder, sending one clear message:
It’ll be okay.
And Light’s just so grateful, so grateful that words can’t express it, he’s just glad to have his father there, there to pull him through it.
And when Soichiro dies…
That’s when Light breaks, for good.
(A Post Made by Emerald_Heart12 on the Death Note Amino)