12 Works by ArtistActorAthens
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How it Had to be (How it was Supposed to be) by ArtistActorAthens, The_Tardis_of_221B
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
13 Jun 2025
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"If it had to be this way, I wouldn't want to be dead with anyone else"
But what if it didn't have to be this way?Death tells Charles it wasn't supposed to be this way, and Destiny sets out to fix the timeline. Sending Charles and Edwin back to that fateful night at Saint Hilarions, can the boys do things differently this time?
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Edwin gives Charles some audiobooks. Charles doesn't like them as much as Edwin thought he would.
Based on this amazing post by honorarypines on tumblr: "Edwin finding out about the existence of audiobooks and buying some to Charles because 'he seemed to quite enjoy listening to stories read out loud and now he can also do so when Edwin's not around'.
Soon he notices that Charles won't ever listen to them. Edwin feels a little sad that his gift is being underappreciated, which then leads to Charles admitting that him enjoying it when Edwin reads out loud was much less about the book part and much more about the Edwin part” -
Slow, for Forever by ArtistActorAthens, The_Tardis_of_221B
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
13 Nov 2024
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This is entirely based off a conversation I had with Athens where I was complaining about people online misunderstanding Charles response to Edwin as a rejection, and they ever so wisely responded with “yeah it wasn’t a rejection, but Edwin thinks it was” and so heres this
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Edwin truly has the best friend he could possibly ask for, Charles was so understanding and kind about his confession even though he didn’t reciprocate his feelings.
Charles has the best mate ever! Ed’s is totally understanding that he needs time to think about how he feels and what a healthy relationship between them would look like.
Crystals mates are idiots. (She’s gonna fix it.)
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Inspired by this post by ouchmyghostskin on tumblr:
I really want Charles to drop some of his flirty try-hard pick up lines on Edwin when he starts to figure it out. And who knows if it worked on girls in the 80s, but it *absolutely* works on Edwin, who is pretty sure that Charles is the coolest, sweetest thing that ever lived, and his stomach is extremely swoopy about it. And Charles is *so* cat-who-got-the-cream about it. Like, "yes, I knew these lines were the shit." -
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Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland are not soulmates. That doesn’t stop them from choosing each other.
or: the Night Nurse writes a letter.
Payneland Week Day 7: Soulmate AU
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- Part 7 of Painland/Payneland Week 2024
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It’s game night at the Dead Boy Detective Agency!
Payneland Week Day 6: Free Day
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- Part 6 of Painland/Payneland Week 2024
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While the Dead Boy and Alive Girl Detectives are on a case in a house set to be demolished, Niko finds a letter that unearths a great deal of emotions for them.
Payneland Week Day 5: Canon Divergence/Casefic
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- Part 5 of Painland/Payneland Week 2024
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After years of operating their agency out of Charles’s backpack, the boys officially move into their new office.
Payneland Week Day 4: Domestic AU
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- Part 4 of Painland/Payneland Week 2024
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Edwin has a request. Charles has a confession.
Payneland Week Day 3: Love Confessions/First Kiss
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- Part 3 of Painland/Payneland Week 2024
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All schools have ghost stories, shared between students around flashlight circles to scare each other when they’re supposed to be asleep.
Saint Hilarion’s is no exception.
Payneland Week Day 2: Myths/Legends
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- Part 2 of Painland/Payneland Week 2024
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Ghost cannot feel temperatures. They cannot be a temperature; if anything, they are an absence of heat. Charles should be very slightly cool to the touch. He should not be cold.
And yet.
Payneland Week Day 1: Sickfic
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- Part 1 of Painland/Payneland Week 2024
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If It Didn't Have to Be This Way by ArtistActorAthens, The_Tardis_of_221B
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
20 Jul 2024
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“If it had to be this way, I wouldn’t want to be dead with anyone else, would I?”
That’s what Charles says to Edwin in Port Townsend. But what if it didn’t have to be this way?
or: after 35 years of running, Death catches up to Charles. She makes him an offer.