vibrantnymph
Fandoms
Recent works
-
edwin wouldn't know air quotes; or, a bloody great mishap by vibrantnymph
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
13 Jun 2024
Tags
Summary
crystal wants to try to learn how to expedite the agency's travel when she is in tow and attempts to mirror-hop
there are... complications.
hilarity, and a touch of genderfuckery, ensues
Series
-
Tags
Summary
4 people that Edwin Payne shares hugs with, and one he would not dare to.
(Cuter than it sounds, I promise.)
Series
-
to be something Death can touch by vibrantnymph
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Sandman (TV 2022)
11 Jun 2024
Tags
Summary
Jenny Green has really been through it since she started letting apartment rooms to truant teenage girls and their dead boy detective friends.
Death decides to drop in to see how Jenny is coping with all the near-encounters with Herself.
She isn't. Coping, that is.
Series
-
How to Care for Your Dandelion Sprites by vibrantnymph
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
10 Jun 2024
Tags
Summary
Crystal is powerless to resist Niko asking her to do anything. This time, however, it includes enrichment for two murderous ancient gods who feed on attention from mortals and who are still living in a jar in one Niko Sasaki's bedroom.
Niko has been thinking a lot on the proper care for when you live in an apartment but have
petstiny people-shaped beings with specific needs. Efforts are made, are unappreciated, etc.Series
-
Tags
Summary
They’ve never been just friends, they’ve never been 'practically sisters'. She’s never asked Beth what they are, has never dared to.
Because every time Beth tells her 'I love you', it’s in a voice softer than Ruby has ever heard her use with her kids.
But Ruby has to say it off-handedly, flippantly – because she doesn’t think Beth would miss the truth in her eyes if Ruby said it the way she means it.
How Ruby feels about her best friend has been a hardened, hurtful secret for so long that she's never addressed it.
Recent series
-
vibrantnymph's DBDA Appreciation Week Fics by vibrantnymph
Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Sandman (TV 2022)
13 Jun 2024
- Words:
- 7,124
- Works:
- 4
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
No parties planned, no place to go
It's just the two of us alone
And in the house we see a light
That comes from what we feel insideBookmarked by vibrantnymph
25 Dec 2025
-
my love line seems entwined with death by bitterdesert
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
22 Jun 2025
Tags
Summary
“I didn’t want you to have to see me like this.” Edwin eventually says. His voice comes out wet, and he looks pitifully at Charles with wide and red rimmed eyes.
Charles’ heart nearly breaks in two. He takes another few steps forward until he can kneel down across from Edwin, taking one of Edwin’s hands into both of his. Edwin focuses intently on their interlocked fingers, as if trying to work out how they could possibly fit together.
“I’m sorry I didn’t notice.” Charles tells him, rubbing a thumb back and forth along Edwin’s knuckles.
Series
- Part 1 of love lines and personal lies
Bookmarked by vibrantnymph
10 May 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Written to a (long ago, now) kinkmeme prompt: Charles touches a cursed object that allows him to hear Edwin's thoughts. At first he was going to tell Edwin immediately, but then he hears the loving things Edwin thinks about him, and he just wants to listen for a few days because he's never heard someone "say" things like that about him.
Snippet:
He heard Edwin’s rich and affectionate chuckle, not out loud but in his mind, and realized all at once how aggressively he was fidgeting, the couch beneath him rattling. He jerked to a stop, making an embarrassed face and wondering if he should apologize for being so distracting when Edwin was trying to work.But, there goes the hummingbird, thought Edwin, a quick and simple phrase wrapped in a hundred soft layers of affection. Charles sat still, feeling his partner’s fond thoughts more than hearing them.
But it was more than just fondness, or even love–it was comfort Edwin was exuding. A gentle, abiding, and complete familiarity, the kind that brings safety and healing. It was hearth, bread, and blanket.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 12,090
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 80
- Kudos:
- 402
- Bookmarks:
- 98
- Hits:
- 4,396
Bookmarked by vibrantnymph
07 May 2025
-
Tags
Summary
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.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,531
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 88
- Kudos:
- 295
- Bookmarks:
- 52
- Hits:
- 1,360
Bookmarked by vibrantnymph
30 Mar 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Sparkles dance in Charles’ eyes as he looks at Edwin shrouded in a rosy fog, and for a short second, he can swear that he feels his undead heart beat out a rhythm that he already recognizes.
Oh.
OR: a love potion au where the boys tirelessly try to lift the spell from Charles
Bookmarked by vibrantnymph
29 Mar 2025