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• Vignettes of A Difficult Afterlife by oddessea

  Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  14 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland
  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland
  • Crystal Palace & Charles Rowland (DCU)
  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Niko Sasaki
  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
  • Charles Rowland (DCU)
  • Crystal Palace (DCU)
  • Niko Sasaki (mentioned)
  • POV Edwin Payne
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Panic Attacks
  • Misunderstandings
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Post-Canon
  • Loneliness
  • Ambiguous Relationships
  • Charles Rowland Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

  Summary

  Edwin is practiced at being a ghost. He's practiced at pain, and loneliness, and being misunderstood. But he isn't very good at looking after himself, even when he knows he needs to.

  For Painland Week Day 7: Free Day

  Language:

  English

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