9 Works in Charles Rowland Has Anger Issues (DCU)
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Edwin Payne is, technically, a hospital porter. He moves things, he tidies up, he helps where he can. But everyone knows that there are certain people only Edwin can move- certain messes he must be called on to tidy up.
And so it has been for 30 years. Edwin does what he can to sooth souls and to make amends for a past he cannot escape- blood he cannot wash off.
But then, one day, there is a boy on the point of death who's anger threatens to leave a scar on the world he's leaving behind. And Edwin knows he will do everything in his power to keep that boy safe -
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“Now if I appear to be carefree,
It’s only to camouflage my sadness.
And honey, to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness.”-
Post-lighthouse episode. In an attempt to help Charles talk about his past, Crystal goes digging in his memories without permission. Things go south from there.
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Newly-dead Paul Rowland turns up at the Dead Boy Detective Agency, looking for answers about his son's death. Charles insists they take the case, and use it - and Crystal and Niko's help - to expose as many of the deaths St. Hilarion's has covered up as possible.
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“I’d like you to solve a murder.”
Edwin hums and scribbles in his notebook, “I see. Very typical ghost attachment. And whose murder?”
“Charles Rowland's.”
A familiar face returns to Charles' life - or rather to his death - and his entire world fractures apart. The past is brought into the light again, and in the place where paths diverged, one member of the agency loses their way.
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“I think there’s something really wrong with me, mate,” Charles sobs, the remains of the bat falling from his hand.
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Charles struggles with his anger issues. Again.
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Unfulfilled Desires by Nameless_Hanna
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Sandman (TV 2022)
03 Jun 2024
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Charles desires something hard enough to bring him to the Threshold of Desire time and time again, but the personification themself refuses to tell him what it is so he can fulfill it and stop coming here.
Desire is having so much fun with him, why would they want this to stop?
Or: Charles' yearning for Edwin gets so ridiculously loud that Desire needs to personally take care of it, but he's too dumb to realize it's been Edwin all along
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"I scared you."
Edwin looked at him a small smile gracing his lips. "You could never scare me Charles."
Charles thinks he scared Edwin off by getting angry. Set in episode 4. Case of The Lighthouse Leapers.
The idea for this fic has been floating around in my head for awhile.
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Where’s the Person That I Know? by that_trans_autistic_guy
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
01 May 2024
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Charles knew he had issues. He had a suitcase full of childhood trauma, and his afterlife had brought its own baggage. Instead of dealing with his emotions, he unintentionally leaned into what his father spewed: push it all deep down. Of course, given his experience he should’ve known how that would end. So, his smile was a disguise to hide his hurt and when it faltered, the hurt came out as anger.
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- Part 5 of Traumatized Dead Boys
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Lost and Found by Laucha_512
Fandoms: Doom Patrol (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
11 Mar 2022
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The boys argue, it doesn't end well. Not exactly as you would expect