Fever Dreams

Fever Dreams by Sashocirrione is a Death Note Light x L / L x Light fanfic where Light and L fall in love at the end of the Yotsuba arc and Light realizes that the Kira-plan isn't working-which leads to some awesome hardcore Xanatosing as Light works swiftly to save L from his own plan without incriminating himself or Misa in the process.

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Fever Dreams provides examples of:
"Light: I know I can win him back if he'll just visit me in person once. Rem: You sound like Misa."
 * Accidental Pervert: When  he has to watch the little shows Light puts on for L on the surveillance cameras.
 * Alternate Universe Fic
 * Ambiguous Disorder: At one point L is referred to as "mildly autistic."
 * Anguished Declaration of Love: Light to L and Misa to Light.
 * The Atoner: Light
 * Badass Gay: Light and L
 * Bastard Boyfriend: Before the events of the series  was one to Light.
 * Batman Gambit:
 * Brains and Bondage: Once Watari concedes that L isn't going to stop his relationship with Light anytime soon he orders for them a wide assortment of toys.
 * Break the Haughty: one of L's tests of Light's love for him is public humiliation.
 * Breaking the Bonds: Rem breaks Light and L's chain so Light can sneak out and do everything he has to do.
 * Brooding Boy Gentle Boy:
 * Bullying a Dragon: Since Rem started helping Light the taskforce assumes Kira is more powerful than they thought... and so, logically, L and the taskforce pester Light more than ever before.
 * Cannot Talk to Women: Matsuda. Light gives him dating advice.
 * Cassandra Truth:
 * Aizawa suggests that Kira might just be "a Fool for Love" but L immediately dismisses it as ridiculous. Of course Kira would never fall in love with L!
 * Catch Your Death of Cold: Light and L both become sick and feverish after their activities on the roof.
 * Caught in the Rain: The story begins when the rooftop scene from episode 25
 * Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends:
 * Click Hello:
 * Comforting Comforter: L's quilt.
 * Coming Out Story: The taskforce quickly discovers Light and L's sexual activities. Later Light is forced to come out to Misa and his mother and sister in order to be free of Rem's influence.
 * Confess to a Lesser Crime:
 * Consummate Liar: Light, of course.
 * Cosmic Plaything: Light. Even when his plans go right something is always going wrong... he usually recovers quickly.
 * Courtly Love: when  Light pursues "the Lovesick Moron Plan" sending L sappy poetry and spending all his money on sending him flowers and candy that he knew would be immediately rerouted to forensics.
 * Crazy Jealous Guy: Light towards L.

"Rem: Light Yagami, I did not realize you were capable of having feelings."
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Light's, L
 * Dating Catwoman: Kira and L. Lampshaded when  and nicknames them "the wedding bands."
 * Destructive Romance:  before the events of the series.
 * Did You Think I Can't Feel?: When Light has a fit after

"Matsuda: It was so horrible. I- I feel like I've violated Misa-Misa just by listening to those lies being told to her... I don't want to have sex with two men and Misa-Misa at the same time... (*everyone stares*) No, no, I'm not with this guy, he's just my friend who has sex with my other male friend. I really like women a lot and any women who want to be with me, I'll respect them incredibly hard and skillfully with all the right respectful lines that I'm going to learn.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Light to L.
 * Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male): Many people find it humorous how Misa stalks Light (or even think he's lucky) and only when Misa gets really violent and crazy do people even consider calling the cops.
 * Drowning My Sorrows: Light needs more information about the case... so Light finds Matsuda at a bar...
 * Endless Corridor: When Light and L investigate Yotsuba.
 * Fever Dream Episode: Duh.
 * Finger in the Mail:
 * Fingore:
 * Fix Fic:
 * Flaw Exploitation: Light agrees to let L see a Shinigami eating an apple (he can't see the Shinigami but he can see the apple being eaten). L strikes while Ryuk is solid and manages to steal one of Ryuk's rings.
 * Fleeting Passionate Hobbies:, L takes up Nei hua to distract himself.
 * Freudian Slippery Slope: poor drunk Matsuda...

Light: I don't think you should return to this bar anytime soon."

"Rem: Light Yagami, I have underestimated you. No matter what happens, your plans work. I appreciate this, and all you've done to protect Misa."
 * Friendly Enemy: Light realizes it was L that was protecting him and Misa from being assassinated.
 * Gambit Roulette: Light does several, having to make up many on the fly.

"Misa: Noooo! Let me stay. I know you would have gotten hard in another minute or so."
 * Gollum Made Me Do It:, he starts shouting at an invisible presence: "I won't let you kill them" and "I'm Not Afraid of You!"
 * Heel Realization: Light realizes that the Kira plan isn't working.
 * Helpless Good Side: When Light loses his Kira memories he becomes so sweet and innocent that L almost feels bad for manipulating him.
 * Hollywood Hacking: Light instigates a virtual attack on Taskforce Headquarters corrupting L's files and erasing footage of the investigation.
 * I Know You Know I Know:
 * The "I Love You" Stigma: Light gives it to L early because he knows L's never going to believe him anyway and he's afraid he'll never get another chance.
 * Implausible Deniability:
 * Incompatible Orientation: Misa and Light.
 * Intangible Woman: Rem destroys L's security cameras from the inside.
 * Intoxication Ensues: Light has to deal with a drunk Matsuda.
 * "It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It": Misa seems to think so when she assaults Light in front of his mother and sister.

"Light: I could send you an email. Matsuda: No, we're not supposed to do that. Then everyone would get mad at me and I'd have to change emails again."
 * Kansas City Shuffle: 1) L knows Light's planning something to derail the investigation and it's clearly all going according to plan 2) Light is counting on L to make this assumption in order to stay close to him. 3) L is now wrong about what Light's ultimate goal is.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia:
 * Lemon: there are several
 * Living with the Villain
 * Love Martyr: Light
 * Love Redeems
 * The Man Behind the Man: Invoked and exploited:
 * Man On Fire:
 * Manipulative Bastard: both Light and L.
 * Memory Gambit: Light has to do this several times in the space of a few hours for the sake of his new plan.
 * Mind Rape: Light feels defiled every time he regains his Kira memories.
 * Mirror Scare: Happens to Matsuda when Rem wiped his memories.
 * The Mole: Matsuda accidentally leaks information to Misa and Light.
 * Also
 * Moment Killer: Matsuda. Later Ryuk.
 * Multitasked Conversation: Light frequently has to communicate with the Shinigami and L at the same time.
 * Mutants:  the taskforce now thinks Light has superhuman powers. Matsuda pesters him to levitate something.
 * Nerds Are Virgins: played straight with L at the beginning of the story, averted with Light.
 * No Endor Holocaust: When the Shinigami . Justified, if anyone actually died in an incident where the Shinigami didn't use their death notes they'd get in trouble.
 * Noodle Incident: again?

"Light: You're hard. L (thinking): No, I'm not. That's just the gun in my pocket."
 * Not So Stoic:
 * Operation: Jealousy:
 * Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?: Inverted Trope.

"Matsuda: Kira can control people. Maybe he's going to make all of us have sex with each other."
 * Power Perversion Potential: Lampshaded

"Matsuda (screaming): Light's raping him again! What do I do?"
 * Primal Scene: Light and L are having a moment when Matsuda interrupts.

"L: There's the cultural stereotype of the uke, who receives blow jobs from the seme, which is seen as a privilege for the uke. In return, the seme gets to enter the uke, which is a privilege for the seme. However, it's considered degrading and low-status to be entered by another man, so supposedly nobody wants to be the uke and the blow jobs are seen as a way to compensate the uke for that humiliation and entice him into his role. I think you view yourself as the seme and me as the uke. Light: But those are just stereotypes. No relationship is really that simple unless there's at least one idiot involved."
 * Professionals Do It on Desks
 * Psychic Link:
 * Redemption Equals Sex
 * Redemption in the Rain: Light and L resolve their UST on the rooftop, which results in Light changing his mind about a few things...
 * Revealing Coverup: L concludes that since Kira took the time to tamper with evidence and  there must be a way to defeat Kira.
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * Seamless Spontaneous Lie: Light comes up with an elaborate one
 * Sex Face Turn: Light decides he'd rather not kill L after they have sex for the first time.
 * Shipper on Deck:
 * Sidekick Ex Machina: when Rem is helping him, Light "jokingly" considers how easy it would be to pursue a life of crime with a Shinigami as an accomplice.
 * Slash Fic
 * Smug Smiler: While the investigation is falling apart L notes that Light is looking incredibly smug.
 * Sorry, I'm Gay: Light resorts to telling Misa this to prevent Rem from forcing him back into a relationship with her.
 * Stalking Is Love: Misa is stalking Light, Light is stalking L, and L is stalking Light via surveillance and his agents.
 * The Starscream: Invoked trope. When Light
 * Suck Sessor: Near
 * Tabloid Melodrama: Details of Misa's personal life are available at every newstand.
 * Take That: Light and L are riba in this fic, they are not shoehorned into Seme-Uke stereotypes:
 * Take That: Light and L are riba in this fic, they are not shoehorned into Seme-Uke stereotypes:


 * The Talk: Watari forces L and Light to read some sex ed books.
 * Think Unsexy Thoughts: when L lets Light back into his presence, Light has to work hard on focusing on the murder case L has given him instead of on L.
 * Transparent Closet: Light doesn't like to think of himself as gay even though he's only ever enjoyed having sex with men. He is forced to come out in order to convince Rem that a relationship with Misa would never work.
 * Unequal Pairing: L (the detective in charge of the Kira investigation) and Light (the main suspect in the Kira investigation), however this fic subverts the usual fanfic reaction where Mr. Yagami gets mad at L for sleeping with his son and instead he gets mad at Light because it looks like he's corrupting the investigation.
 * Unishment:  which of course is exactly what Light wanted.
 * Villainous Breakdown: When  Light very calmly goes up to his room, collapses into bed, and screams into his pillow.
 * Villainous Crush: Light to L.
 * Wise Tree:
 * Xanatos Speed Chess: Light has to scheme fast in order to save L, Misa, and himself. Fortunately he has Rem as his accomplice.
 * Yandere: Misa gets really creepy...
 * Yaoi Guys: Light and L.
 * You Have to Believe Me: When L is sick he begins raving to everyone that Light is Kira. Everyone attributes it to his high fever.
 * You're Not My Type: Light tries to let Misa down gently and when that doesn't work he tries being mean. That doesn't work either...