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Bookmarked by Aql
28 Sep 2025
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At first Crystal thinks she's walked in on something really private.
And maybe she has, but the boys don't react that way. Edwin's talking when she arrives— or reading, she realizes, seeing the book in his hand. "She found herself saying, without greeting, or waiting to hear his business..." He looks up as she enters.
"Well? Wha'd she say?" Charles asks after a pause. He's stretched out on the sofa with his eyes shut, half-draped over Edwin, legs in his lap, Edwin's free hand resting on his knee; Charles looks as blissed out as a dog allowed up onto his human's bed.
Honestly? It's cute.
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- Part 1 of stay all day, if you want to
Bookmarked by Aql
29 Jun 2025
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When a witch’s spell sends Edwin back in time to 1973, he has to learn the hard way that you cannot change the past.
You can, however, fill it with love.
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He finds Charles in the lounge, strapped into a bouncing chair whilst his mother naps on the sofa. Charles is wide awake, burbling happily as he sucks on a toy, a mop of fine curls already sprouting from his head. His eyes dart around the room and when they land on Edwin, they linger, and he pulls the toy from his mouth and smiles.
Edwin has never been fond of babies, but Charles is the exception to the rule. The smile on his face is not nearly as charming as the one that has Edwin weak at the knees, but it is adorable in a different way entirely.
Charles babbles a stream of nonsense and then throws his toy towards Edwin. It lands on the floor between them and Charles’s face crumples when he realises that it is no longer in reach. Edwin does not think. He steps forward and picks up the toy, crouching down before Charles to press it into his tiny hand.
He does not take it. Instead, his hands reach up to pat at Edwin’s face.
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22 Jan 2025
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Edwin is not entirely sure how they went from having an argument about Charles’s damn fool need to throw himself into danger without any forethought to this. To Charles’s hands on Edwin’s face and his tongue in Edwin’s mouth and Edwin feeling drunk with it, bowled over with the sheer sensation of it all.
-picks up directly after the end of keep my hand in yours. Edwin speedruns having a queer awakening while Charles finds himself particularly affected by a case involving domestic abuse.
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- Part 2 of 1999 au
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16 Jul 2024
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and your song, it haunts me like hunger does the crow by kay_cricketed
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 May 2024
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After they return to London, Charles notices an escalation in people approaching Edwin with their attentions.
Which is fine! It's not that Charles is jealous. He wants Edwin to be happy and to have a chance at a fulfilling relationship, yeah? The problem is, Charles is aware that Edwin is unpracticed with these kinds of emotions and other people, and it would be very easy for someone to take advantage. And that’s not going to happen, not on Charles’ watch.
To make matters worse, the admirers are getting a little too intense. And Charles is starting to suspect there's more at work than everyone realizing his best mate is brills.
(Or: In which the damage to Edwin's soul across years of torture has had an unusual effect, and Charles needs to fix it before he's compelled to violence. Again.)
Bookmarked by Aql
11 Jun 2024