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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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Super Effective Against Ghost Types by RoseGanymede95 for thefictionally
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
13 Dec 2024
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“Were you like Brad and Hunter, when you were alive?” Niko asked dubiously.
Charles stilled. “Well—maybe. I think I was always a little bit different from other guys, to be honest,” he said, like he was confessing something. “My old mates were definitely cut from the same cloth, though.”
“Oh,” Niko realized. “Is that why you want them to be good guys? They remind you of your friends?”
“Er…” Charles trailed off. He squished the ball of PlayDoh in his hands. Gray showed between his fingers. “Not exactly. My old mates weren’t, ah. Well. They weren’t good guys, in the end. I mean, Brad and Hunter do remind me of them. A lot, actually. But it’s more like, it would be really nice to know that guys like James or Pete could be nice.” He contemplated the dough in his hands with a small frown. “I just wonder, if those guys had been born a little later, maybe they would have turned out better? Maybe we might have been alright.”
Niko followed his gaze. Charles seemed to be getting PlayDoh residue on his fingers. They were turning gray, now, too.
“Were your friends nice to you?” Niko asked, suddenly worried.
Charles met her eyes, but he had a faraway look on his face. “Sometimes,” he said.
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Professional Networking by RoseGanymede95
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Constantine: The Hellblazer (Comics)
07 Jun 2025
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Three encounters between Johanna Constantine and the Dead Boy Detectives. Assumes continuity with Like Fool's Gold.
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RIP to Orpheus But I'm Different by RoseGanymede95 for babyseraphim
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
24 Nov 2025
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“What is it?” Charles asks.
“Hang on,” says Edwin. He flips rapidly through pages of his notebook. He magically extended it a while back, so the bloody thing’s got more than seven-hundred pages full of Edwin’s notes and sketches. It makes for a tense several seconds of flipping.
When he does stop, finding the correct page and holding it open under the light, Charles’ breath catches in his throat.
“Is this her?” Edwin asks urgently.
Edwin’s a damn good artist, even if he insists it’s just a practical thing. He’s captured her likeness shockingly well. Lank hair, full cheeks, sullen pout. Wide, staring eyes.
“Yeah,” Charles breathes. “That’s her. Who is she?”
Edwin is clearly horrified. No, it’s worse than that. Edwin looks scared. Charles’ instincts all kick up into high gear, and he has to clench his fists to resist the urge to simply shove Edwin into his backpack.
“I don’t know,” Edwin says quietly, like he’s afraid of being overheard. “But I’ve seen her.” He hesitates. “In Hell.”Series
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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... -
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Edwin Payne hates being touched. He hated as a child. He hated when alive. So he believes it's a blessing when he can't feel when others try to hug him or something. Though, that blessing becomes a curse when he meets Charles. So, is there a way he could ever feel a proper hug from Charles? Maybe even understand what a kiss feels like?
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- Part 3 of Bending The Rules
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“Are you certain playing my boyfriend won’t make you uncomfortable? I won’t ask that of you,” Edwin checked in and Charles knew he’d won.
“You don’t have to ask, mate. I want to do this, yeah?” He responded, squeezing Edwin’s hands for good measure.
"Fine, if you insist," Edwin gave in but Charles knew he was glad about it. They had barely spent a day apart in the last three decades. Playing boyfriends wouldn't be too hard, would it?
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what some circumstance stole by Chrome
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
04 Sep 2024
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For a magic-user intent on siphoning pain for power, both Hob Gadling and Edwin Payne represent unique opportunities. United in dire circumstances, a man incapable of dying and a boy long dead forge an unusual friendship--and try to survive the experience.
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“When you died,” Hob said. “How old were you?”
“Sixteen.”
“That,” Hob said, “Is awful.”
Edwin shrugged. “Life is, I’m afraid,” he said.
“Can be wonderful, too,” Hob said. “I promise.” -
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Charles is flummoxed when Edwin reveals that he considers relieving himself of his virginity after hating himself for so long for his desires.
What's a good friend to do but offer to be the afterlife's best wingman?
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So Much Universe and So Little Time by Starcrossedstarfishes
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
20 Dec 2025
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Prince Edwin Payne, heir to the Edwardian Realm's crown, wishes he had met Charles Rowland under different circumstances. He unfortunately doesn't have such a luxury, as Charles is an enemy of the Realm, champion of the Resistance and is kidnapping him just at the moment.
Oh and did I mention they're in space?
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30 Nov 2024
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tell the saint of lost souls where to find me by haledamage
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
25 Sep 2024
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When Edwin has a nightmare, he doesn't wake up screaming. Charles didn't understand it, not completely, not until Port Townsend. He didn't know what chased Edwin through his dreams. Some days, he wishes he still didn't know. Not as often as he wishes Edwin didn't.
Or: one time Edwin has a nightmare, and one time he doesn't.
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It was Crystal who brought it up.
“Hey, tell me to shut the fuck up if this is insensitive, but do you guys have graves?”
She was met with silence.
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OR: Crystal questions the boys about their graves but Edwin reveals something that makes Charles glad that his partner's murderers are already dead.
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After a few brief consultations of their expansive literature collection, Edwin has his answer.
"Thinker's silver," he explains, holding it out in his palm. "More robust than steel, most commonly used by magicians to strengthen mental acuity and focus. Apparently, this metal can be telepathically 'persuaded' to take on any form--within reason, of course."
"What form are you persuading it into right now, mate?"
Edwin cocks an eyebrow. "Nothing. This is clearly more your style than mine, Charles."
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Charles re-discovers a lump of magically-pliant silver in his backpack. Swordfights and other such shenanigans are had while he ponders what permanent form it could possibly take on.
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- Part 9 of Dead Boy Detectives
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"I don't give a toss what you say! Edwin's not getting within a thousand miles of that place again, not even for a second!"
Edwin clamps an unusually hard hand on Charles' shoulder and turns to the Night Nurse. "You had to have known we wouldn't receive this proposition favorably. Why do you need for us to go to Hell?"
The Night Nurse's eyes are narrowed at Charles, her scarlet mouth pinched. "I was about to explain just that, before I was so rudely interrupted…"
"Well get on with it, then," Charles says bluntly, crossing his arms.
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During Edwin and Charles' next encounter with the doll-head spider, the latter is awakened to an enticing new possibility...
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- Part 2 of Demonic Reckonings
- Part 8 of Dead Boy Detectives