I wasn't sure whether to put this in gen or shipping, since romance does play a part, but I thought it fit better here since the focus is always on Mello. If someone else *
who's read the fic
thinks otherwise, please move. (The kisses are: barely-remembered and maternal, paternal upon arrival at Wammy's, brotherly from a toddler Near, romantic but innocent from a Wammy's girl, more teenage with the girl he kidnaps, sexual with Lidner, and very difficult to describe with Matt right before the series end.) I can't really describe how much this touched me. I didn't even like Mello before I read this, and it doesn't romanticize him, just humanizes him. I know Bialy was mentioned already, but this one really stands out.
FanficRecs Thinks Too Much's review
I wasn't sure whether to put this in gen or shipping, since romance does play a part, but I thought it fit better here since the focus is always on Mello. If someone else * thinks otherwise, please move. (The kisses are: barely-remembered and maternal, paternal upon arrival at Wammy's, brotherly from a toddler Near, romantic but innocent from a Wammy's girl, more teenage with the girl he kidnaps, sexual with Lidner, and very difficult to describe with Matt right before the series end.) I can't really describe how much this touched me. I didn't even like Mello before I read this, and it doesn't romanticize him, just humanizes him. I know Bialy was mentioned already, but this one really stands out.