3 Works in Charles Rowland Angst (DCU)
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Packin' my Bags for the Misty Mountains by toasted_butter42
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Supernatural (TV 2005)
18 Oct 2025
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Of all the things that Charles Rowland expected to come out of the week, conspiring with a strange, middle-aged, living, American man to take down a rogue spirit was hardly on his list of expectations.
It had only been a couple months since the events in Port Townsend, and the remnants of such chaos had been left fresh in everyone’s minds, leaving an undeniable, looming sense of exhaustion behind agency doors. It was for that exact reason that Charles had initially planned on taking an agency hiatus, dedicating as much time as possible to recuperating with Edwin, and helping both Crystal and Jenny settle into the London scene.
Naturally, the world seemed to have other plans.
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The Dead Boy Detectives team up with the Winchester Brothers to solve a case
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The Case of Edwin Payne’s Odd Behavior by strangekiddo
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 Aug 2025
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In which Charles sees the Cat King shapeshift into him in an attempt to seduce Edwin, confronts Edwin about it, and still doesn’t realize that Edwin is in love with him. Cue the arguing and angst.
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It's 1989. Charles has just died, and he and Edwin are trying to figure out what to do with their afterlives.
Both of them have histories they're not yet willing - not yet able - to share. When they discover that ghosts can feel each other's touch, it's too soon, too much, and neither of them really want to think about what it might mean. They don't talk about it.
For Edwin, being free from feeling means being free from pain, after so long with so much of both. So what if he misses being able to touch, and be touched, sometimes? It's better to be safe than satisfied.
For Charles, it's just one less thing to worry about. He's still not quite convinced that he's not going to wake up in the basement any minute now, so he intends to make the most of his newfound freedom while it lasts. If it lasts. It's not like he's missing anything but that he barely had anyway.
a.k.a. Charles and Edwin are touch-starved and traumatised, and also do some detecting sometimes.