#saltwriting

Hi @astrallogic!! Our mission for this year's @dnsecretsanta was to make you a Higuchi-related gift -- here's a little drawing, and also a drabble (which you can read on AO3 or under the cut below). We had a lot of fun dipping into your blorbo's head and I hope you'll enjoy the attempt :3

Here's an overview of our first five drabbles for @thedrabblecollective's challenge! All 100 words, all up on AO3 :3

1- rain [T] Death Note (Mello/Near, post-canon, canon-compliant)

Near sews clothes for Mello.

2- fading [G] Death Note (Mello/Near, post-canon, canon-compliant)

Some dreams are best left forgotten.

3- journal [G] Death Note (Mello/Near, post-canon, canon-compliant)

Not everything is worth putting words on.

4- chilly [G] Death Note (Mello/Near, Wammy's House era)

For them, collaborating on a project requires compromises from the start.

5- costume [T] In Stars and Time (Siffrin, ACT 4, canon-compliant)

Siffrin is not having a good time.

Here's an overview of our fifth batch of five drabbles for @thedrabblecollective's challenge! All 100 words, all up on AO3 :3

21- diary [G] Death Note (possibly one-sided Mello/Near, 2009 in manga timeline, item description)

Mello’s childhood diary sits forgotten.

22- table [G] Inception (Eames character study)

They each prepare for the job in different ways.

23- witch [T] Death Note (Mello/Near, successor arc era, witch!Near – based on @neallo's a will, a way)

“By the time I was faced with my work, it had been years since I had done magic of any kind.”

24- school [G] Death Note (Matt/Mello/Near, "they're all domestic aquatic animals" AU, not quite crack but not serious)

In which our now-aquatic OT3 live out a wonderful life in a suitable habitat with proper enrichment.

25- windscreen [G] Death Note (Matt/Mello/Near, post-canon, alive Matt & Mello, stream of consciousness)

Mello is taking his sweet time with the Christmas shopping.

Here's an overview of our fourth batch of five drabbles for @thedrabblecollective's challenge! All 100 words, all up on AO3 :3

16- sky [G] Death Note (sweet atonement series || Mello/Near, post-canon, Near's Mello introject, inner life)

Mello’s steadfast presence feels like too many things to be easily summarised.

17- coats [G] Death Note (Matt/Mello/Near, post-canon, alive Matt & Mello, fluffish)

Why would Near need his own coat when he has two boyfriends?

18- home [G] Death Note (Mello/Near, post-canon, alive Mello)

Near’s concept of “home” shifts over the years.

19- quiver [E] Death Note (Mello/Near, post-canon, alive Mello, bondage, edging)

Near's whole body trembles with desire, held upright only by the restraints.

20- breeze [T] In Stars and Time (Siffrin, post-canon, self-harm up to interpretation)

Moving on from the time loop is difficult.

Here's an overview of our second batch of five drabbles for @thedrabblecollective's challenge! All 100 words, all up on AO3 :3

6- gingersnaps [G] Death Note (Matt&Mello, Wammy's House era)

Waiting a dozen minutes to reap the rewards sown during a cooking workshop is a pastime akin to torture.

7- thankful [G] Death Note (Mello/Near, post-canon, Mello is alive)

Mello has come home.

8- boots [G] Death Note (Matt/Mello/Near, post-canon, established situationship)

Some habits bother Near more than others.

9- nostalgia [T] Death Note (Mello/Near, post-canon, canon-compliant)

When there is nothing to move towards, moving on is much harder than getting stuck.

10- evergreen [T] Death Note (possibly one-sided Mello/Near, Kira case / post-Wammy's House era)

evergreen (adjective) - retaining freshness or interest : perennial - universally and continually relevant : not limited in applicability to a particular event or date

Relationship: Mello/Near Rating: M Chapters: 1/1 Words: 720 Series: sweet atonement (prequel that also works as a standalone)

pretender (noun) - One who simulates, pretends, or feigns. - A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title). - A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold in order to conceal their real feelings or motives. With Mello gone I'm not I'm not gone I'm not on the wind, Near is the best option. The only option. L will be gone if he desists and he is nothing if not conscious of his duty. The shape of his life is all wrong and there is nothing he can do to change it; he can only change himself.

Warnings: Self-Harm Tags: Post-Canon, Dissociation, Depersonalization, Self-Dehumanization, Grief/Mourning, Near is not coping with being L on his own, Hallucinations, (or ghosts. Unclear.), Multiplicity/Plurality, Near's Mello Introject, (very quietly and subtly in this one but he is there)

Relationship: Mello/Near Rating: M Chapters: 1/1 Words: 1,750 Series: sweet atonement

I’m incomplete, driven and hollow without you You’re my shadow I need you too. Not just for poems But because You are part of my soul You’re my dark of the moon Stars falling in my sky I need you to be whole. (A poem conversation between parts, by Sarah K Reece)

Tags: Post-Canon, Multiplicity/Plurality, Near's Mello Introject, Grief/Mourning (includes mentions of past canonical character deaths), Navigating triggers & the flight response, Dissociation, Near is a little bit too good at compartmentalising and it's not good for him, Shame, Inner Communication, Recovery, and the importance of connection, Near has issues but he is WORKING through them all right, Mello's helping!

Relationship: Mello/Near Rating: T Chapters: 1/1 Words: 1,485 Series: sweet atonement

Near wakes up and Mello is not here. (Set roughly a year after the events of sweet atonement and please don't follow me into the sun.)

Tags: Multiplicity/Plurality, Near's Mello Introject, Dissociation, Difficulties in Inner Communication, (and resolution thereof), Traumaversary, Grief, Lucid Dreaming, Post-Canon, POV Near | Nate River