imnotcryingipromise
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my devotion is a sword I pray you won't raise against me by imnotcryingipromise
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV)
22 Oct 2025
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This whole ordeal has begun to feel, for Aziraphale, like a revelatory test. Like those imposed upon Job and Abraham.
Sacrifice that which you love and pray that it will not be taken. Sacrifice that which you love and pray it will be returned.
Give the demon you have revered for centuries the means to end his existence and hope that your reverence is enough to have him refuse it.
***In 1967 Soho, Aziraphale admits the truth of his fears to Crowley.
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rend my hands from me (they're of no use without you to hold) by imnotcryingipromise
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
16 Oct 2025
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"It was foolish, and selfish. But I asked him to make us a matching set... fancied us real lovers for a moment," Edwin clarifies, throat moving with the effort of his divulgence.
"But there is no expectation Charles, truly. Even if I could never touch you, I would love you for the rest of my existence. And you... you've had no problem with our current arrangement, despite me making it difficult at every turn. I see no reason for you to harm yourself..."
Charles feels a nearly-unbelievable fidelity pull him from his place atop the couch and to his knees in front of the other boy, so that they kneel with tearful eyes level to one another.
He takes Edwin's face between two trembling hands, lavishing the sound that even innocent touch is able to rend from the older ghost.
"You're reason enough," he oaths resolutely, pressing his forehead to Edwin's.
"There is nothing I wouldn't do for you."
***Iron makes ghosts corporeal. The boys wear iron rings so that they can touch one another.
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I would burn the world to bring some heat to you by imnotcryingipromise
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
28 Sep 2025
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"The moment I run, it'll chase," Edwin whispers defeatedly, eyes panically searching the space.
"I can't get away from it, Charles. I can't- and... no matter what has happened between us, I can't let it have you," he explains resolutely.
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Edwin’s proposal was interrupted by the unexpected return of Hell. Now, the boys must fight for freedom whilst navigating the treachery of their own hearts.
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I wanna run against the world that's turnin' by imnotcryingipromise
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
03 May 2025
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Edwin and Charles have been together since a kissed they shared on the night of Charles’ death. The meddling of a certain Port Townsend witch threatens their once-steadfast relationship.
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The case of the Sleeping Beauty by imnotcryingipromise
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
30 Oct 2024
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"I was angry with you... for kissing him then," Edwin admits, voice suddenly small.
Crystal is unsure she's ever been allowed to independently witness such vulnerability from her friend.
"But I am begging you to do it now," he pleads.
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In which a gift from an allegedly satisfied client is not what it seems and one of the detectives falls under a mysterious spell.
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I would walk through Hell on living feet for you by imnotcryingipromise
Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
28 Sep 2025
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After scathing words from his ex-wife, Dream is left to consider his failures that had brought low those he loved and who had once loved him. He had failed his son, disowned the boy even as Orpheus had disowned him in turn. Faced with the knowledge that Calliope was right, and with inspiration from his sister Death, he takes the old adage of walking a mile in someone’s shoes quite literally. Dream decides to spend a year and a day forgoing his power to walk among mortals as one of them with the belief that by the time he reaches Orpheus it will be with a new understanding deep enough to beg forgiveness.
His pilgrimage begins at the one place in the waking world with which he is currently familiar, the White Horse tavern, only to swiftly find out he is woefully ill-prepared. Dependent on the aid of an unexpected companion in one Hob Gadling, Dream must not only learn to be honest with himself, but honest with others as well.
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08 May 2023
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yesterday's gone (we'll make it through) by BuckytheDucky
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
17 Jan 2023
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After escaping Fawney Rig, Dream is left powerless. Broken. Defeated. Nearly human. He has nowhere to go, no one to call on.
Except maybe one Hob Gadling.
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21 Dec 2022
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We have all the time in the world by Picture_Yourself
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
25 Sep 2022
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A detailed examination on just what exactly would happen if Dream figured out he actually cared about Hob half a millennium earlier and Hob was a bit more successful in keeping his "friend's" attention. Aka they fuck by 1889.
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19 Nov 2022
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A Different Kind of Burn by Ruby_Casablanca
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
04 Oct 2022
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While the guards took their stimulants and were careful not to dream, the rest of the household had to sleep. Servants and family, guests and partygoers all slept in the numerous suites, tucked under covers with heads cradled by goose-feather pillows. The deepest, calmest sleep only his ruby could provide collected into a thin trickle of dreaming - not strong enough to carry him home but strong enough to keep him hopeful. Strong enough for Morpheus to close his eyes and let his mind slip away in the current, if only for a little while…
There was only one mind he knew on this mortal plane, only one place he could end up, after all.
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Wherein Hob dreams of war, Morpheus dreams of an escape from his prison, and over the span of many years, they fall into dreams that blur the lines between friendship and something more.
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23 Oct 2022