Death Note

MattMello

Mello/Matt

Wammy's House's chocolate-eating runner-up and its chain-smoking third place reunited for the Takada kidnapping, where Matt died as Mello's decoy minutes before Mello's own heart gave out. A handful of panels of loyalty unto death built one of fandom's classic minor-character ships.

3,500 works

What is MattMello?

MattMello is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Mello and Matt from Death Note. With over 3,500 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.

Why fans love MattMello

Canon gave them almost nothing, which means fic gets to invent everything about the boy who died for Mello without being asked.

Most Popular MattMello Fanfics

The highest-rated MattMello stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.

1

Alternate Ways to Breathe

by FemBoyLiquor

Boring is the only word to describe Matt's life as a drummer for a band and who lived in a cramped apartment in LA. He yearned for more-and more did he get. Mello is an important part of the American mafia. His life is insane, and what he works the hardest on? Communism. Specifically against his cap

0 kudos 4,565 words ~19 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Stalking Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms Begging
2

Backstage Pass

by xxbeyondxbirthdayxx

The prize: Mello, singer and guitarist of Mind Pollution, the million-dollar rock star who sells out arenas, tops charts, and leaves fans screaming and swooning. The contestants: nineteen hopeful guys and one Matt, who mostly came for the paycheck. It’s reality TV. It’s supposed to be fake. But thin

93 kudos 71,609 words ~287 min read Explicit
Alternate Universe Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Not Canon Compliant
3

Fly Me to the Moon

by Meg_Y

The last two months Mello and Matt had together.

20 kudos 11,329 words ~46 min read Mature
Canon - Manga Canon Compliant Missing Scene
4

ThrashNet

by symph0ny0fdestruction

It's the early 2000s and Matt and Mello each run popular fansites sites for rival metal bands, and yeah, they fucking hate each other. But between infighting online, they keep running into each other at concerts. Fucked up on cocktails of drugs and alcohol; things turn nasty, sexy, and dark very qui

237 kudos 73,873 words ~296 min read Mature
Concerts Drug Use Drink Spiking
5

A race against fate itself.

by Imfromgaydisneyland20

L Lawliet knows he’s bound to die to Light Yagami’s hand.That’s inevitable.Bound by their shared fate.He’d seen it coming, seen firsthand in his last life, his other universe, as Light Yagami watched the life drain from his eyes.He couldn’t stop it then.…He could stop it now.

7 kudos 2,586 words ~11 min read Explicit
Everyone is Gay Internalized Homophobia Implied/Referenced Homophobia
6

Stay Tuned

by xxbeyondxbirthdayxx

"Promise me, Mihael, if we get separated, we'll find each other no matter what," I whispered, idly grazing the strings of my guitar. "If I can't find you, then you'll have to become a freaking rockstar and be on every music channel, so there's no way I don't find you, Mail," Mihael replied, and I kn

192 kudos 179,032 words ~717 min read Explicit
Alternate Universe Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Not Canon Compliant
7

when i get up this is what i see, welcome to reality

by mello_meowow

Mello risks his life to save Nears and ends up with a traumatic brain injury. Near becomes L's successor and tries to live with the guilt. Mello wakes up each day to a shattered reality, missing the thing he always valued most about himself. And Matt... well, he stays with Mello. What else would he

30 kudos 14,616 words ~59 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Alive Mello | Mihael Keehl Alive Matt | Mail Jeevas Post-Kira Investigation (Death Note)
8

Ashes & Amber

by deathnotediv4

Mail Jeevas was devoured by curiosity and abandonment; Mihael Keehl was driven by ambition and replacement. Wammy’s House was where it began. Where innocence, youth, and ethics ran free, childish and sweet. Los Angeles taught them how to survive outside their cages, but not how to remain whole as ti

95 kudos 110,546 words ~443 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Wammy's House (Death Note) Slow Burn Organized Crime
9

The Tale of Three Kingdoms

by atl_as11

The Yagami kingdom and Wammy kingdom have been rivals for the longest time, heated by a conflict decades ago. Despite this rivalry, King Yagami is determined to get land from the Wammy. Unfortunately, he has to negotiate with the current king, Lawliet, who happens to quite stubborn.

4 kudos 1,127 words ~5 min read Mature
Enemies to Lovers Alternate Universe - Medieval Slow Burn
10

What You Need

Complete

by lulu0zyx

“I’m sorry about last night.” It’s not Mello that should be apologising, really, but he feels he owes Matt something. Especially since he’s about to propose one of the most outrageous proposals that has ever been proposed.

28 kudos 2,831 words ~12 min read Explicit
Cuckolding Voyeurism Rough Sex
11

Going Bananas

by xxbeyondxbirthdayxx

After discovering that the Takada abduction was a trap designed to get them killed, Mello and Matt fake their deaths and flee to a tropical island under the deeply unfortunate aliases Clive Bananas and Percival Mango. Near thinks he has removed two dangerous variables from the Kira case. Unfortunate

44 kudos 23,209 words ~93 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Crack Hurt/Comfort Humor
12

Meet The Kids

by LeviAckerman_is_my_husband

"Kira has adapted to his new life, as well as he’s going to as long as he still remembers what his old life was. Or as L says, ‘Light’s life’, it's not his anymore, because he’s not Light Yagami anymore, he is Kira. And he will be for the rest of his new life. And he will share that new life with L,

58 kudos 18,472 words ~74 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Fluff Domestic Fluff Alive L (Death Note)
13

Wintering

by Guns_N_Poses

“Um… hello?” Mello said carefully, his English stiff and nervous. “I um. I’m Mello.” When there was no answer, Mello took a cautious step closer. “You like dogs?” The other boy hissed—an actual hiss—and a nearby husky barked sharply, echoing his warning. Mello stumbled back, startled. The boy’s lips

134 kudos 75,202 words ~301 min read Explicit
Alternate Universe - No Death Note Alternate Universe - Canada Best Friends to Lovers
14

ThrashNet Fanart

Complete

by Lawlightcortispeak

Idk I just wanted to draw Fanart of Matt x Mello for symph0ny0fdestruction's ThrashNet series cuz it's so goated^^Btw I also posted this and other Fanart on my Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/mattsterofpuppets (Yes the username is absolutely copied from Matt's in ThrashNet)

19 kudos 0 words ~0 min read Not Rated
15

Good Memories and Nightmares

by BouquetsOfChlorosis

"These are the memoirs of a forgotten generation; the voices of the lost children of Wammy's House. The dead, the living, and those who were never truly either.” — The Archivist, c. 2025 In 2020, Near receives a package from a former resident of Wammy's House who has vanished without a trace. Inside

11 kudos 2,144 words ~9 min read Mature
Wammy's House (Death Note) Post-Kira Investigation (Death Note) Canon Compliant
16

【M2M】只言片语

Complete

by Muterced

matt 视角下mello的到来和两人的解剖 Wherever you go,I’ll follow.

3 kudos 827 words ~4 min read Teen And Up Audiences
m2m
17

Birthday Boy

Complete

by xxbeyondxbirthdayxx

At 00:00, Matt turns eighteen.At 00:09, still a virgin and still hopelessly in love with Mello, he downloads Grindr in the hope of fixing at least one of those problems.

51 kudos 5,124 words ~21 min read Explicit
Canon Compliant Hurt/Comfort Smut
18

Our almost Love Story.

by BrideOfDemons

Tres días sin hablar.Un cuarto que casi los mata.Y la jodida realidad de enamorarse.

66 kudos 93,072 words ~373 min read Explicit
Angst and Feels Suicidal Thoughts Mental Instability
19

Soup and crackers.

Complete

by rottenredapples

Just a short Mellodramattic story of Mello getting sick while Matt takes care of him.

10 kudos 2,157 words ~9 min read General Audiences
Fluff Boys Kissing Matt | Mail Jeevas Loves Mello | Mihael Keehl
20

mail for Mail.

Complete

by rottenredapples

Mello and Matt grew up in the Wammy’s house together, each year growing closer together until they were inseparable. On December 13th Mello turned 18, he was required to leave the Wammy’s House, he promised he would write to Matt and they would meet again. It was boring without Mello, but as promise

6 kudos 4,580 words ~19 min read Not Rated
Fluff and Angst Fluff Angst

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