Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. hold fast, fear not by KiaraSayre

   Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Crystal Palace & Charles Rowland
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Crystal Palace
   • Crystal Palace & Charles Rowland (DCU)
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Niko Sasaki
   • Charles Rowland & Niko Sasaki
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
   • Charles Rowland (DCU)
   • Crystal Palace (DCU)
   • Niko Sasaki
   • Night Nurse (DCU)
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Ballad 39: Tam Lin
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • St. Hilarion's School for Boys (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Ghosts
   • Not platonic not romantic but a secret third thing (distracted trying to cope with their horrific murders)
   • horror vibes
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Dead Bang Detectives 2025 (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Hurt Charles Rowland (DCU)
   • Hurt Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Child Murder
   • Case Fic
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Canonical Character Death
   • POV Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
   • POV Charles Rowland (DCU)
   • POV Alternating

   Summary

   Something's wrong with Edwin. Crystal is trying to rebuild her life. Everyone is missing Niko. And Charles is trying to keep everything from falling apart. Into all this comes another bombshell: the cases that started it all, Edwin and Charles's deaths, might have started something else, too. Something darker. Something that threatens to break the Dead Boy Detective Agency altogether.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,496

   Chapters:

   4/10

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   98

   Kudos:

   58

   Bookmarks:

   12

   Hits:

   613