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up on the sun, looking sad and beautiful by m_erlin_s for pappelsiini
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
03 Apr 2025
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Charles is bored.
It’s the all consuming boredom that makes his skin itch in a way that nothing can satiate it. He’s not able to focus on anything and god has he tried: the words of his book are swimming off of the page and escaping him as he tries to focus so he abandons that, the paperwork does the same thing, and even reorganising his back of tricks holds no joy so he leaves it half unpacked, trinkets and tools scattered across the floor.
He’s bored.Monty seems to not be having the same problem though, because this entire time he’s been sitting peacefully reading some book on astrology, curled up in the armchair next to Niko’s bed.
And unfortunately for him, Charles is going to change that.
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18 May 2025
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Edwin and Charles go undercover to an Welsh manor house for a week-long couples retreat. They are there to investigate a black market magic auction. While they investigate, they are pretending to be a young married couple.
Edwin has accepted that Charles doesn't feel the same way about him. But pretending to be married stirs up feelings he thought he'd learned to live with.
And Charles? He's experiencing what it's like to be seen as a bisexual man for the first time. Maybe it suits him better than he thought it would?
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NOTE: I renamed this to The Case of the Marriage Retreat because I realized there was already a DBDA fic called The Case of the Couples Retreat!Series
- Part 19 of Perseid_Lion's Dead Boy Detectives
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18 Apr 2025
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i will fall in love with you, over and over again by plutosapphicstay
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
07 Sep 2025
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“You’re a classic, aren’t you?”
Of all the descriptions the Cat King has given Edwin, a classic is not one of them. "I'm not quite sure what you mean."
"It's nothing bad to be, not in the slightest," the Cat King says, earnest. "You appreciate the way things are and the way they were, seeing the beauty in both sides. You probably got a bunch of first editions back home- Oscar Wilde, Allen Poe, all the best of the Lake Poets." He shifts forward on his knees to where Edwin sits, brings himself just an inch closer to the space between his legs. "Think Art Noveau, letters written by candlelight instead typed up in telegrams, dances in ballrooms instead of old clubs.”
The look in his eyes, the admiration, now Edwin sees where it’s familiar. The fascination, from that cursed first night- drawn out by Edwin doing nothing but being himself. “There’s just nothing like you anymore.”
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In other words, the CatWin season two where the Cat King ditches an Endless-sentenced exile in PT to chase after a second chance, Edwin meets him again for the first time on his side of the sea, and what they find is more than any mere fascination. I miss my idiots way too much.
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08 Apr 2025
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18 Mar 2025
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Despite himself, Charles was mesmerized by this strange version of Edwin Payne that had something of Hellfire to him. And he was so very close … “His eyes are decidedly less honest than yours. Intriguing... Never pegged Charles Rowland for a liar.”
“Careful, luv.” The voice was a sing-song drawl, accompanied by the same scraping sound drawing ever closer. “You know I get jealous.” There, lit faintly by moonlight, was Charles Rowland – face pale, grin wide and eyes cast in shadows, twirling a cricket bat that had been studded with nails glinting wickedly like iron stars. “What you think, Win? I say there can only be one.”A string of grave robbings leads the Dead Boy Detectives to stumble into a ritual, summoning versions of themselves, who have experienced a very different afterlife. Not only is there a pack of hellhounds on their heels, they also won’t stop at chaos nor bloodshed to carve out their place in the world – and remove their superfluous doppelgangers in the process.
As Crystal desperately tries to master her powers and keep the fabric of reality from unraveling, the boys need to stop their nefarious doubles. To make matters infinitely more confusing, the two delinquents are madly in love...Bookmarked by ChaFujimura
13 Mar 2025
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blooming beyond us like the promise of july by winter_travels for MissAlrauna
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
30 Jun 2025
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As a familiar, Monty can't survive without Esther. That is, until the boys decide that's not acceptable and bring him back to life in the jumble of emotions and adventures that is London, and Monty realizes the growing feelings inside him aren't for Edwin—but for Charles.
Esther was dead?
Just—gone? Or being supernaturally tortured forever? That felt worse.
He supposed he was relieved, but the feeling didn’t sit quite right on his chest. He had been part of her, for a while, created for her fancy and tied to her magic. As a crow, he’d watched her—helped her—with so many of her curses and plots before she’d given him a human form. There had been an arcane rope tied around his wrist, around the delicate bones of his wing, that she could pull at any time.
He raised that hand and flexed it, slowly, watching for the shimmer of fate’s twine. There was nothing—his hand was cracked with dryness and smeared with charcoal and old blood, but unbound.
Alive again. How strange.- Language:
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13 Mar 2025
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Crystal enters with another girl in tow, a tall slim frame, lots of long dark wavy hair, and— okay, Charles knows it's rude to ogle, her eyes are up there, he knows he shouldn't stare.
But this girl's wearing a thin jumper that looks to be at least a size too small— the hem barely meets the top of her skirt— and no bra, and the view is spectacular.
And that's just the finishing touch on an overall gorgeous body: long legs, narrow waist, shapely arms with a nice bit of definition to the biceps, long graceful neck and a pretty face, all dark lashes and full pink lips, with a cute little beauty mark dotting the chin.
...Wait.
"Edwin?" Charles gapes, and Edwin's hands clutch at the folds of his skirt.
From this anonmeme prompt: "Edwin gets cursed into a female form. He’s extremely annoyed. Charles, who’s having A Bisexual Crisis, offers to show him it’s not all bad..."
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01 Mar 2025
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Uni at St. Hilarion’s was nothing like Charles Rowland had planned.
His roommate is a werewolf, his co-worker at the coffee shop is psychic…
and, oh yeah, he had recently killed a bloke.
Charles now finds himself in a whirlwind of a second term, trying to navigate his past, his present, and all the feelings they have unraveled in regards to his future. Particularly involving one Edwin Payne.
((aka a University/Coffee Shop/Werewolf AU that somehow meshes together))
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24 Feb 2025
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Even Charles can appreciate the subtleties of the choreography: Fire is boisterous, with great, choppy gestures, Water is in a blue outfit and flows gracefully, Earth stays close to the ground, with sure, stompy movements. It's Air, though, that captivates Charles’s attention: the boy is tall and graceful and pale, and seems to float, his feet barely touching the ground, showcasing astonishing feats of skill and athleticism. He spins and jumps so high, it seems as if he has wings.
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Charles has an epiphany during his sister's end of term performance, falling head over heels for ballet dancer Edwin.- Language:
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17 Dec 2024
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Now We're at the Starting Line (I Did My Time) by thegirlofthorns
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
24 Jun 2025
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From the Astral Plane to a supernatural nightclub, from a haunted antique showcase to St Hilarion's itself, Edwin, Charles, and the rest of the gang solve cases while nurturing their relationships.
Tricky butterfly-men, ghosts from the past, Hell's own denizens, and more threats will prove no match for love and friendship.
Welcome to my rendition of Dead Boy Detectives: season 2.Series
- Part 1 of Starting Line 'Verse
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17 Nov 2024
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Monty had run away to London to escape his mother. Falling in love had never been part of the plan. Especially not twice, and especially not with a pair of husbands who seemed determined to make Monty their friend whether he liked it or not.
So what if Charles smiled like he radiated sunlight, or if Edwin was so smart it made his head spin. They were perfect together, and Monty Finch was a lot of things, but a homewrecker was not one of them. He would get over his feelings one way or another.
If only these absurdly beautiful men would stop making that so difficult for him.
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- Part 1 of astronomyverse
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04 Nov 2024
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The Night of Nights by NuriaSchnee
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
29 Mar 2025
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Ghosts are going missing all around London. The disappearances lead Edwin and Charles directly to a mysterious entity, known as The Summoner, that is about to make their afterlives very complicated.
A Season 2 fic.
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- Part 1 of Dead Boy Detectives: The Complete Series
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04 Nov 2024
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The Cat Came Back by Marinara_Trench
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
04 Oct 2024
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Edwin lives alone in his flat with his books and is content with that. But when he finds a wounded cat on the way from work and takes it home, he finds his lonely little life be presented a strange companion.
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05 Oct 2024
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How the Cat King Got His Groove Back by perseid_lion
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Sandman (TV 2022)
10 Oct 2024
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NOTE: This was previously a one-shot called Ennui that I have renamed and turned into a multichap. I've also changed the rating to be E, though it's likely to be a soft E/hard M.
In the wake of Edwin's departure the Cat King has fallen into a funk of loneliness and depression. He tries to work through it, but his sadness draws the attention of Despair of the Endless. Cat must get out of his funk and chase away dark thoughts, or he risks a war between the Endless. He decides to take on another form to shake off the dust - Monty's form.
Full of Cat's shapeshifting shenanigans and Monty being along for the ride. This fic is tagged Catcrow but the focus is much more on their swap than their relationship.
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- Part 10 of Perseid_Lion's Dead Boy Detectives
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30 Sep 2024
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30 Sep 2024
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Missing scenes of Charles and Crystal having their heart-to-hearts with Thomas. The first scene takes place during Son of Desire, Friend of Despair, and the second sometime before The Lives and Adventures of Thomas (a Cat), where the gang visits Thomas' library.
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- Part 3 of Choice & Providence
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29 Aug 2024
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“Edwin,” Niko says with an excited gasp. “Are you gardening?”
“Yes.” He fiddles with the small pair of leaf shears sitting on the side of the planter. “It is a recent hobby, but I have discovered I find it rather calming.”
“They’re so pretty. Are they magical plants?” She’s studying them wide-eyed. Edwin smiles, charmed as always.
“No. These are entirely mundane, I assure you.” He points to a cluster of foot-high stems, with tooth-edged triangular leaves and topped by spikes of white flowers. “Nepeta cataria.” Gesturing to the second pot, full of tall stalks with clusters of small pink flowers and pointed, pointy-edged leaves, he adds, “Valerian officinalis.”
“I like the flowers. If they’re not magical, why are you growing them?”
Edwin hides a flustered wince, though whether it escapes Niko’s notice he’s unsure. As usual, she has managed to set her finger directly on the heart of the matter. “I suppose they are…intended as a gift.”
She looks at Edwin with delight. “For who?”
Edwin hesitates, but ultimately shakes his head. Touching a leaf with careful fingers, he avoids her curious eyes. “I have not yet decided whether I will give them or not, so for now I would prefer not to say.”
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- Part 1 of Wreck my image of myself
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25 Aug 2024
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A new and sinister force is hunting the dead boy detectives and their allies.
Now split up, Edwin Payne has to forge new alliances and trust old grudges and enemies to close the case of Charles Rowland all the while navigating his newfound love and relationships.
The dead boy detectives are being hunted. Someone wants them gone for good.
Not having Charles at his side feels like he’s being haunted. A ghost that’s being haunted. It would be funny if it wasn’t tragic. He feels Charles next to him. Sometimes he believes if he looks over his shoulder he’ll be there. Just right there but he isn’t. The lack of Charles’ shape at his side is an ever-constant ache. He is haunted.
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"Welcome to the Dead Boy Detective Agency where everything is rightly fucked."
A Catwin and everyone working together on the case fic from Edwin's POV.Series
- Part 2 of Fading Soul
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22 Aug 2024
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Edwin and Thomas are finally together. Charles and Crystal can't handle their flirting and PDA. Niko has been located but it's not going to be that simple, is it?
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- Part 4 of The Cat King and His Beloved Ghost
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21 Aug 2024
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The Cat King and His Beloved Ghost by The_Consulting_Werewolf
Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
02 Sep 2024
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Edwin is on a journey to put words to the confusion the Cat King inspires in him. Meanwhile, the cat is a cat and he is wary about trusting his heart again.
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20 Aug 2024