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1. With Sickening Certainty by ChaoticBookLesbian for Antichrists_plus1

   Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland
   • Monty & Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Crystal Palace & Charles Rowland & Niko Sasaki
   • Crystal Palace/Niko Sasaki
   • Monty/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland
   • Charles Rowland (DCU)
   • Monty (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Crystal Palace (DCU)
   • Niko Sasaki
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
   • Esther Finch
   • Sa'al the Demon (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Maren (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Shelby Khan
   • Brad (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Hunter (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • David the Demon (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Simon (Dead Boy Detectives)
   • Alternate Universe - Horror
   • Kidnapping
   • Charles Rowland Needs a Hug (DCU)
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Needs a Hug
   • Horror
   • Violence
   • Protective Charles Rowland (DCU)
   • Supernatural Elements
   • Bittersweet Ending
   • Whump
   • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Loves Charles Rowland
   • Charles Rowland Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
   • Hurt Charles Rowland (DCU)
   • Hurt Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
   • Hurt Crystal Palace (DCU)
   • just. everyone gets hurt
   • there was a section in my outline labeled 'The Whump'
   • Canonical Character Death
   • also. most of the romantic relationships are just heavily implied
   • i was too focused on the horror of it all

   Summary

   The year is 1905. Charles Rowland, private detective, infiltrates an island cult to rescue his partner, Edwin Payne, who was kidnapped while working a case. Things go both exactly according to plan and wildly off the rails.

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