17 Bookmarks by GravityForGrace
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desire is so different when God bore you hungry by emryses
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
06 Feb 2025
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Stepping back into the office, Edwin is met with the hard line of Charles’ back—stiff, Grecian almost. He knew, almost intrinsically, not to speak. Slowly then did Charles turn around, and when he did he looked straight at Edwin and—well—he did not look particularly enthused.
“You had sex with the Cat King,” Charles says, for it wasn’t a question. He already knew—the cat in question had more or less made sure of that. “You had sex. With the bloody Cat King?” As if it bares repeating.
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- Part 1 of The Question of Desire
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19 Sep 2025
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“desire is so different when God bore you hungry” by emryses
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Edwin and Charles first big fight fic. Masterful example of writing conflict between people who love and care for one another.
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Go loud: a spycraft term, meaning to deliberately blow one’s cover — usually when there is nothing left to lose.
As Charles passes briefly through Edwin’s orbit, Edwin turns and leans in to kiss his cheek.
Charles feels the sting of the needle in his arm before he sees it.
“I’m terribly sorry about this, Charles,” says Edwin’s voice from the other end of a long, long tunnel, and then the dark rushes up to meet him, and everything goes black.
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- English
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- 7,531
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- 1/1
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14 May 2025
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Mr and Mrs. Smith-esque married spies Payneland fic! Delightfully fun!
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Go Loud by dear_monday, two_ravens
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After getting together, Charles and Edwin explore power dynamics.
OR: an unintentional deep-dive into submissive Charles and dominant Edwin.
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19 Apr 2025
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The CuriousTongue
You’ve got me in Your Pull (Please Don’t Release)
Devils to DovesBy PantryJesus
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[Podfic] With a Conquering Air by AceOfTigers for inexplicifics
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
04 May 2020
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Podfic of With a Conquering Air by inexplicifics.
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From the kinkmeme: AU Warlord!Geralt receives Tribute!Jaskier as a sacrifice to appease him in every way possible. Jaskier has no choice on the matter and he’s fully aware of the awful rumours that have spread about Geralt and his ruthless conquests. (But we all know those aren’t legit.) A classic angst with a happy ending please! A dash of smut to heal those scars and a sprinkle of new found love!Jaskier arrives at Kaer Morhen knowing his family gave him up without a second thought, and absolutely sure that the dreaded Warlord of the North will value him even less than his own blood did. But the White Wolf and his pack are not what Jaskier expected...and if he's unreasonably lucky, Kaer Morhen might become far more of a home than Lettenhove ever was.
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The Smell of Coffee and the Sound of Old Bones by Whitehorse102
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
03 Feb 2025
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Charles Rowland never expected to see Crystal Palace again, especially not after their fallout over her abusive ex boyfriend. Their meeting brings them to the doors of the Tea and Kettle, an unassuming little coffee shop well out of Charles’s usual commute to and from Uni. However, inside he doesn’t only reconnect with Crystal, he meets Edwin. Who then saves his life, as his past reappears once again for one last hurrah. Now, Charles has a best friend for life…one whose eyes won’t leave his head.
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Every part of you is mine - Podfic by sixbynine
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
03 Dec 2024
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Payment for a job well done comes in the form of some enchanted rings that give Edwin and Charles real boy bodies.
Edwin's all for a thoughtful and detailed experiment - Charles has other ideas. -
The Case of the Hellbound Souls by JUBE514
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
01 Aug 2024
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Edwin blinks, his hair in disarray, his clothing all rucked up from being carried. His blue eyes are blown wide open, looking around frantically.
Charles untangles himself, doing a little ungraceful flip-roll across the floor to get his legs and head the correct way around to actually face Edwin, scooting forward on his knees to grab ahold of Edwin’s shoulders. “Are you okay, mate?”
Edwin’s eyes lock onto Charles. There’s something weird in his gaze, looking right at Charles but not right at Charles. There’s ink on his shirt, half hidden by his blazer, smeared in with frantic motions of a fingerprint. He’s got a little sizzling mark right at the divot of his collar, already disappearing slowly, Charles can’t help but run his thumb over it, trying to wash away the pain like a smear of dirt on a cheek.
Edwin flinches.
Charles rips his hands away, still hovering only inches away. “Edwin, please, mate, you’re scaring me.”
Edwin looks confused, right into Charles' eyes, and asks—
“Who—who are you?”
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- English
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02 Nov 2024
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a light shared is a light increased by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)
Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
28 Jan 2025
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- Works:
- 5
- Bookmarks:
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Bookmarked by GravityForGrace
24 Oct 2024
Bookmarker's Notes
Fantastic modern au with a bit of a twist. Established payneland and cryland, new catwin with an extra side of “our boyfriend” sprinkling of Thomas/Charles. Monty and Crystal arcs are also excellent!
Great characterization of complicated characters and good portrayal of poly relationships.
Read through fic 5 in the series so far.
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Series: a light shared is a light increased by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse) -
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Through the stinging Edwin can feel the kiss. For several long moments he can feel pressure and warmth, and a lick of wetness when the Cat King curls his tongue as he draws away that cools as his breath blows against the delicate skin of Edwin’s lips. He stares at the Cat King as the sensations fade into tingling before vanishing entirely.
“What?” asks Edwin, rather stupidly, but in his defence he hasn’t quite managed to regather all of his cognitive faculties.
The Cat King takes a step back and raises the hand he’d touched Edwin’s mouth with, waggling the gloved fingers demonstratively. “Iron filings,” he announces smugly, “embedded in the leather."
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29 Sep 2024
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Sensation play with iron filings glove. Scorchingly hot.
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A Very Normal Cat with a Very Normal Name - Annawry
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“You there. Cat. What is your name?”
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Edwin tries a new approach to cat counting.
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27 Sep 2024
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Fun, cat-filled short of Edwin fulfilling the cat counting in a more hands-on approach. For a boy “not good with people” he’s about to get real good with cats. Cute!
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What’s in a Name - The Malapert
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Dr. Edwin Payne, consulting forensic pathologist and part-time detective, finally feels at peace with his life. Until a case comes along, bringing with it a man from his past and maybe, his future.
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- Part 1 of a light shared is a light increased
Bookmarked by GravityForGrace
26 Sep 2024
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Compelling characterization. Really interesting modern AU with some lines that resonate so much you need to read them again before moving on. Ethical non-monogamy at its finest- no drama, just people being people together. Would love to read more in this world.
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Take Both Roads by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)
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Wolfblood by inexplicifics
Fandom: Original Work, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
01 Apr 2025
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Medieval fantasy AU M'Laiden romance novel. Milena is sent off to Kaer Morhen to marry one of the barbarians there and seal a treaty. Lambert doesn't want a wife at all. They make it work.
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- 264,036
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26 Sep 2024
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The Case of the Missing Cat by S_a_n_d_f_l_o_w_e_r
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
05 Sep 2024
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"No bodies, a missing statue, a mysterious letter with a sizable reward attached to it and the cats are getting blamed. The whole thing stinks from a mile away."
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The Cat King is a child of an Endless and with that come consequences not everyone can handle (a fully fledged backstory/lore for the Cat King weaved into the Sandman lore and of course a catwin story)
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25 Sep 2024
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Who? You mean your teammate in the Codependency World Cup? by RoseGanymede95
Fandom: Constantine: The Hellblazer (Comics), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
24 Nov 2025
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The pre-canon adventures of Edwin and Charles. In which they love each other a whole lot and neither one has any idea how to be normal about it.
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24 Sep 2024
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Read first two. Fantastic character voices. Funny and full of heart.
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If you want to break my cold, cold heart by Rain_t_right_to_bow
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 Jun 2024
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Song-fic basata in parte sulla canzone Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus (Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department) e in parte su un’altra canzone che non vi dico altrimenti non vi incuriosisco a leggere
(O dove Edwin sta per tornare nella sede dell’agenzia dopo una passeggiata, ma capita sotto la finestra di una Swiftie)
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Siamo attori con formazione classica in teatro shakespeariano, idiota! by Rain_t_right_to_bow
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio
05 Jun 2025
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Liberamente (molto liberamente) ispirata a If We Were Villains, ma principalmente alimentata dal mio amore eterno per Shakespeare e per i gay ottusi, questa storia segue il viaggio di Edwin e Charles, da nemici ad amici ad amanti nell'arco di 10 anni. Una sola certezza: il dramma non resterà sul palco.
(Edwin e Charles si sono conosciuti alla scuola di teatro “Arnaud Tillyard”, nell'Idaho, e si sono odiati con passione per anni. Poi qualcosa è cambiato. Adesso vivono insieme a Del Norte e forse, forse, la loro relazione sta per cambiare. Di nuovo.)
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10 years after Charles dies, he realizes that he's in love with his best friend. He handles this about as well as anyone could expect.
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22 Sep 2024