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The Inherent Horror of Having a Body by engineering_madonna
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
21 Jun 2025
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"In life, and in death in Charles' case, he's found that there is a certain rose tinted glasses aspect to hindsight. The places are always bigger, the food better, and you tend to forget the little frustrations that occurred along the way. The rough edges of existence are sanded away until what you have is an idealized version of how things used to be... He was starting to think they weren't actually worth the 35 years of pining now as he violently vomited into the barely functional toilet of their office. The warm hand on his back was nice, but the acid currently coating his esophagus mostly negated the pleasantness. Charles hated to admit it, hot blood flowing through his veins for the first time in three decades, but Edwin might have had a point."
While trying to get Niko back, the spell backfires and now the boys have bodies again...and it's awful. Turns out being sixteen forever is way worse when the sweat, bodily functions, hormones, and uncomfortably timed boners are part of the deal.
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InfoUnit E-1714 was designed to serve; SecUnit C-10247 was designed to protect. Doing what they were made for wasn't enough to endear them to humans. But it might be enough for each other.
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darling, you're safe in my arms by lemon_with_no_sugar
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
15 Jun 2025
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"Хіба людина, котра належить пеклу лишилася б втішати незнайомого помираючого хлопця, ризикуючи бути схопленим Смертю? Чи погана людина допомагала б іншим привидам відновити справедливість і нарешті звільнитися? Едвіне, та я не знаю нікого сміливішого й добрішого за тебе."
Чарльз втішає Едвіна після повернення з пекла
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- Part 1 of free from hell
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People sell their soul for a lot of reasons.
Charles sells his soul for love.
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Charles trades his soul for Edwin's.
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Little Charlie, ages 5 to 12, knows that boys don't cry. His dad taught him well.
Charlie, ages 13 to 16, knows how to take a hit and lie about it. Else they'll take him away from his mum.
Charles, 16 years alive and a few days dead, starts to believe that maybe he's met someone who actually wants him to stick around.
Still, he can't tell Edwin about the ugly cracks and the rage burning hot in his now-buried bones.
___Or, the many skeletons in Charles' closet and the start of his journey to dust off the cobwebs.
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Professional Networking by RoseGanymede95
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Constantine: The Hellblazer (Comics)
07 Jun 2025
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Three encounters between Johanna Constantine and the Dead Boy Detectives. Assumes continuity with Like Fool's Gold.
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i talk in my sleep (in a language you don’t speak) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
01 Jun 2025
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Edwin escaped Hell, but it followed him here. It’s there in every step he takes, every word he speaks.
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the 5 times Edwin mentioned his time in Hell and the 1 time he actually talked about it
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- Part 4 of dbda works
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Charles Rowland had one friend and that is Crystal Palace blah blah blah
His dream is to finish the collage and take career in the cricket.
A quite life really..
Until that phone call
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Comfort In The Facts (And Your Sunshine Smile) by LunaMaroon
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
23 May 2025
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Edwin found comfort in facts. Due to how much free time he currently had chained to Esther Finch's table, he made a list to help reclaim a bit of the sanity slipping through his essence.
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Crystal decides to leave without saying goodbye. Port Townsend finds itself at newly empowered Esther Finch's mercy. It’s almost been a week. During that time, Ester has been busy. Edwin and Charles have become her new favorite playthings, and Edwin is starting to feel himself slip away.
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There is something comforting about the night sky. It follows you wherever you go. And yes, even though it changes based on your position, the stars as a collective are always there, even when hidden from view. When he is lost, he knows that when night comes, they will show him the way.
Then, for a moment, he swears he starts floating upwards towards their magnetic glow, escaping this mortal plane and ascending into the heavens. But that feeling is as much a lie as it is a dream. For all dreams are lies we tell ourselves.
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Edwin is dealing with a lot of emotions and goes on deck to get some air and stargaze. Charles follows, and a conversation about life, moving on, and the universe ensues.
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For DBDA Pirate Week 2025
Day 3 - StarsSeries
- Part 2 of Gen's Works - DBDA Pirate Week 2025
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No One Else Can Tell Your Story (Not Like I Can) by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
19 May 2025
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Before Edwin Payne became his own sort of legend, the type of story you used to warn children away from sea walls or from interacting with strange newcomers who landed on your island, he had just been a boy. A boy who, for all intents and purposes, had lived a relatively normal life with his family and friends.
Most people forgot that part. And that is why no one else could tell the story of the Ghost, Edwin Payne, like Charles Rowland could.
Day 1: Legends
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- Part 1 of Pirate AU
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Charles and Edwin are determined to help Johanna find her brother – and the missing Quen scouts who had mysteriously disappeared around the same time Walter Londra had arrived at the Burning Shores.
But first, they have to deal with the tower that fires on anything that gets too close. And once that is taken care of, it’s on to Starlight Rise.
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Adjustment isn't their thing, it's Mari's. They find things for people. Find routes of safety. Sneak them out of danger. Transport and procurement, that's their thing.
"I know." Mari's eyes go to Edwin. "I know. I'm sorry. I know we shouldn't, but..."
It hits Charles like a punch to the gut. Whatever power this new girl has, it's dangerous to people. Dangerous enough that Mari doesn't feel like her crew can handle it.
Dangerous enough that they want Edwin.
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- Part 2 of Waterworld
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Harpy Hear, Where Have You Buried All Your Children? by ghostofthegallows
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
10 May 2025
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A terrified school boy falls into the office, telling tails of demon janitors, trapped ghosts, and a poltergeist head master.
The gang must do what they can to put an end to the headmaster and set the students free. But not without a few bumps and bruises along the way
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A Deathly Attraction | Edwin Paine x Original male Character by Shooshooshoo
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 May 2025
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After such an intense stream of adventures back in Port Townsen. Edwin, Charles and Crystal make their way back to London with a few more people than when they first left. With Crystal still trying to track down her parents and the boys taking a break from detective work. They stumbled across a revamped theater which holds a whole new stream of adventures that can change their very ‘lives’ as they know it (SLOW UPDATES)
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“Personally, I think you could stand to be much more selfish.”
Charles blinks. “What?”
“I would like it if you were–if you would be selfish with me.” Edwin clears his throat, fussing with his cuffs, and raises his chin stubbornly. “I would like you to know that you are very well loved. By me. I would like you to be greedy, with my.. with my love. As you permit yourself to be with nothing and no one else.”
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To the Burning Shores by embeer2004
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Horizon (Video Games)
04 May 2025
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“Charles… there is something I want to ask of you. A favour.”
“Yeah, anything mate. What is it?”
“Allow me to come with. I don’t… I do not wish to stay at the Base while you are out there. I want to help.”
A nervous tingle shot through Charles’ skin. Still, no matter how much he wanted to keep his friend safe, he couldn’t keep him all cooped up at the Base. Charles was his friend, not his handler, and if Edwin wanted to come with, then perhaps this trip was a good start to make him feel more at home in their world.Or: When Silent Mick informs Charles of a certain complication that had come to his attention, one in the form of one Walter Londra, the boys set out on a quest to find the thirteenth Zenith.
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- 12,419
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- 4
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Prince Edwin has always lived behind palace walls: dutiful, polished, and watched. But on the night of his birthday ball, everything changes. Lured away by a charming stranger, he finds himself kidnapped by a trio of outlaws demanding ransom.
Dragged through the wilderness by bandits with unclear motives and sharp tongues, Edwin is determined to escape. But nothing about his captors is as simple as it seems. Secrets simmer, loyalties blur, and every step away from the palace pushes him closer to a truth he isn’t ready for.
He was born to rule. But first, he has to survive.
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Stuck between a rock and a hard place, both of them aware that their foes are truly only after Edwin, Edwin keeps waiting for Charles to run: from him, from danger, from the trouble he brings and the threat of Hell hanging over him. But running from danger is never Charles' first instinct.
Or: Edwin Payne does not understand this strange, cheerful boy who seems to see nothing wrong with him at all. Charles just wants Edwin to stop trying to get him to leave.
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- Part 6 of Fear and Response
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"Charles found Crystal when she was at her lowest, which is something that she tries not to think much about. There's enough shame and regret in the foggy cloud of her memories as it is.
Charles doesn't hold it against her, though.
See the thing is, Edwin found him when he was at his lowest, too. Edwin himself was just climbing out of his own personal hell the first time they crossed paths.
At the end of the day, all three of them found each other after one big disaster or another.
They do say it's always darkest before dawn."