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its hell on earth to be heavenly by Arrow_jsy
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Good Omens (TV)
11 Oct 2025
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The impact stunned then both. For a moment the boy stared up at Crowley, pin-prick pupils shaking with a primal fear, then he bolted again. Disappeared around the next corner before Crowley could register.
He had half a mind to follow the boy. Before the sound of skittering escalated from the other end of the hallway. The warden of the dollhouse, a large spider demon made of baby-doll heads, rushed toward Crowley.
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Crowley pulls Edwin out of hellBookmarked by AtelierDemoras
11 Oct 2025
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Bury All Your Secrets In My Skin by laylabinx
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
14 Sep 2025
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The boys have very different reactions to learning about each other's scars.
Edwin:
The scars make up everything Charles was before, everything he is today, as intrinsically linked to him as his cricket bat, and because of that, Edwin treats them as if they’re sacred.Charles:
Charles quickly learns that he hates Edwin’s scars because not a single one of them was caused by Edwin himself; every scar on his body was caused by someone who wanted to hurt him intentionally and that alone is enough to make him feel like he’s swallowed glass.Bookmarked by AtelierDemoras
11 Oct 2025
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Don’t Touch Him! by GenevieveFangirl for ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
11 Oct 2025
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The iron collar sizzles against his neck as he struggles, but Charles doesn’t give a shit. All he cares about is stopping the god-awful sounds that are coming from the next room. Edwin’s already been screaming for so long that if he had a living throat, he would have yelled himself hoarse, but no. It’s been hours of ear-splitting screaming, and Edwin’s voice hasn’t died down; if anything, it’s gotten worse.
But it’s not the screaming that’s getting to Charles. No, it’s the begging. The Edwin Charles knows is proud. Proud to the point that he honestly goes too far sometimes. The Edwin Charles knows wouldn’t beg for anything ever. The Edwin Charles knows is so scarred from hell that iron burns don’t get any response at all.
So, what the hell is Esther doing to make Edwin scream like that?!
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What if the scene in Esther's house went a little differently?
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11 Oct 2025
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the way you held me at a distance, as if scared i would hurt you by quietdetective
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Oct 2025
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The first time Charles had seen Edwin’s tolerance for pain was within their first week of being friends.
Charles hadn’t figured out how to change his outfit yet, so after much reassurance that it wasn’t needed (Charles), and much insistence that it must not be comfortable to walk about in only a vest (Edwin), so he wore a slightly too broad blazer. Edwin soldiered on in his dress shirt and sweater vest, pretending as if his discomfort was not the most apparent thing between the two boys.
A look into Charles' thoughts on Edwin's tolerance to pain.
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06 Oct 2025
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time is strangely calm now, like i never left that moment by quietdetective
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
04 Oct 2025
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Edwin’s hand hurt.
It was an ache that persisted, that made it hard to want to move it, never mind actually do anything useful with it, like picking something up.
A snowy winter day reminds Edwin of a night he would rather forget.
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05 Oct 2025
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It’s been a long while since Edwin Payne’s life could, in any way, be described as ‘easy’.
But one day, a boy that might make everything a bit better crashes into his life, and maybe they can help to heal each other along the way.Bookmarked by AtelierDemoras
02 Oct 2025
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“I, a demon of the second circle, have been summoned before you, Charles Rowland, to serve you for a year and a day. During this year and a day, I must obey your every order to the best of my ability and with no intent to kill, harm, trick, inconvenience, or otherwise wish ill upon you. When our year and a day has concluded, ownership of your soul will fall to me, whereupon I am obligated to drag you to the appropriate level of Hell. That would be Lust, for the uninformed, which I highly suspect you are,” the demon finishes.
Charles takes all that in for a second, grappling with the idea that if Pain isn’t lying, then Charles is set to spend the rest of a very long eternity in Hell.
Crystal is gonna fucking kill him.
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22 Sep 2025
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The client meets the smile with one of his own, his posture already loosening in response to Charles’ charm. “There’s an old lady who haunts the candy shop a few streets down from where I li-” he breaks off, smile fading. “Where I used to live. I told her I had a mystery I was trying to sort out, and she pointed me your way.”
Charles grins. “Good old Lizzie,” he says. “Not to worry mate. We’re aces with mysteries.”
A routine case looking into mysterious industrial 'accidents' goes sideways, resulting in Edwin leaning on his hell-forged pain tolerance to get them both out safely. Charles is less than thrilled about it.
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22 Sep 2025
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Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne are best mates. They spend all their time together, do everything together, and have done since 1989. Then there came a day in 1997 when Edwin overcame his Hell Trauma(TM) a tiny bit and loosened up just enough to remember the name of a non-client bloke.
Let’s just say Charles is a bit startled.
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5 times Charles Rowland was jealous over Edwin Payne and the one time a certain oblivious ghost realized it.
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- Part 1 of Journey to the Center of a Dead Boy
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27 Aug 2025
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The Dead Boy Archivists - A DBDA The Magnus Archives AU by GenevieveFangirl
Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
08 Sep 2025
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A Dead Boy Detectives The Magnus Archives AU
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25 Aug 2025
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A few years ago, Charles never would have even considered stepping foot inside The Magnus Institute. It’s the place you go when you’ve gone a little round the bend or are trying to convince yourself you don’t belong in the loony bin. They’ll listen to anyone off the street who’s had a ‘supernatural encounter’ of any kind, no matter how many screws they have loose. They’re an eccentric lot, which has given the place quite the reputation.
But now…
Charles heaves out a defeated sigh, leans his head against the somehow too warm bus pole, and tries not to vomit. What he saw last week couldn’t have been real. It doesn’t make any sense. Dead people don’t randomly show up again. They’re dead.
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After trying to ignore a childhood supernatural encounter for years, Charles finally gives in and goes to the Magnus Institute to give his statement. It doesn't turn out like he expected.
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25 Aug 2025
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24 Aug 2025
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“I told you to run.”
“Yes, m’boy.” Martin turned with a flourish. “And I did.”
“I didn’t say take me with you!” He was sure his face reflected his utter disbelief and exasperation at the whole situation. He didn’t know why he was surprised by this. He shouldn’t be. This should honestly be the least surprising thing that happened in the past 48 hours.
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A version of what 2x13 might bring (so, spoilers for 2x12). Title adapted from the actual episode title, but I extended the timeline.
Posted in blocks because chapters are short and the vast majority of this thing escaped me in a day.Bookmarked by AtelierDemoras
24 Aug 2025
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24 Aug 2025
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Haunted by the grief of losing Niko and desperate to find meaning in everything that happened to him, Edwin’s drawn back to Port Townsend. Back to the idea that the suffering of a ghost like him, someone tempered in hellfire, can be forged into immense magical power. And he’d only use it to protect rather than ruin.
But magic like this always demands its price. Resisting the pull of his new power proves difficult, and sometimes Charles feels like the only thing keeping Edwin tethered to his old self. Yet Charles isn’t without his own battles to fight and truths to face.
As Edwin tries to protect his friends while safeguarding his secret, Charles fights to save Edwin from himself. Soon, the question becomes not whether Edwin is willing to pay the cost, but whether there will be anything left of him when the debt comes due.
OR: Edwin’s corruption arc vs Charles’ feeling realization arc, FIGHT
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16 Aug 2025
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My Life Ended When They Called Your Name by GenevieveFangirl
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
23 Sep 2025
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Charles’ hand grips Edwin’s impossibly tighter. He holds his breath and only has one wish; please don’t be Edwin. Please let his best friend live. If there really is a higher power, they’ll grant him this one desire. He’ll never ask for anything again.
Thomas walks slowly back to the microphone. It is only a couple steps, but it is the longest few seconds of Charles’ life. The anticipation and stress are killing him. Finally, Thomas reaches the podium again and reads the name on the slip of paper.
“The voted tribute from District 8 is… Edwin Payne.”
And Charles’ heart shatters.
It’s the 125th Hunger Games and the Quarter Quell rules are simple: one tribute is selected by the district citizens via voting, while the other tribute must be a volunteer. When Edwin’s name is called as the tribute voted in and Charles volunteers for the other spot, how will they navigate the trials both inside and outside the arena?
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15 Aug 2025
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August, 1916. Edwin Payne has five months to die, or face a fate far worse.
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02 Aug 2025
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And the water rises and rises, a steady sound as the droplets drip, drip, drip until a flood emerges where only a puddle was a minute ago. At least it feels like a minute ago. Charles isn’t sure. He isn’t sure of anything anymore. Hours, decades, lifetimes might’ve passed with him stuck in the same tiny room – or should he say ruin?
or: sometimes the end doesn't come crashing down on you. Sometimes it creeps up to you, steadily, somewhere in a basement, abandoned and still clinging onto hope
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Day 2 - Natural Disaster- Language:
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02 Aug 2025
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Crawl Out Through The Fallout by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
06 Aug 2025
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Edwin Payne suffered a fate worse than death the day before the bombs dropped and the world ended.
Two hundred years later, he saves a boy named Charles Rowland.
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He looked him over, and realized it wasn't just his eyes that had seemed off. There was something more, something about his skin that sent up some sort of red flag in Charles's brain.It was missing on one hand.
Not even in a gory, bloody mess way like Charles had seen before. No, this was just… gone. And where he had expected to see bones or muscle or something, he instead saw… metal.
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02 Aug 2025
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Twenty-four years into the apocalypse, FEDRA agent Edwin Paine is sent to kill prisoner 437 - one Charles Rowland.
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"the last of us" au.- Language:
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02 Aug 2025