17 Bookmarks by BookSwiftieAndrew
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
18 Dec 2024
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Edwin deserved everything good in the world, because he was everything good in the world, and Charles had wanted to give it to him.
And now, after realizing that maybe he could love Edwin without ruining him, he had.
They’d been best mates for thirty-five years, then, and they’d been best mates for thirty-eight now. Plus a little extra, in these past three years, which was pretty aces as far as Charles was concerned. He was pretty sure Edwin thought so too, pretty secure in the idea that Edwin would say yes and kiss him until his breathless lungs were empty of air. But also, it needed to be perfect.
And for that, Charles would have to plan.
Huge faff, that.
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Or, Charles and Edwin propose to each other.
At the same time, of course.- Language:
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
06 Dec 2024
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A Gift of Gratitude by tragedy_machine for lucrow, aletterinthenameofsanity
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
02 Dec 2024
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Royalty au where both Edwin and Charles are princes of rivaling countries. They"re both just 16, when the war begins, and they"re forced to stay away for four years.
Then one day, even though the Rowlands are close to prevailing, Paul Rowland is slain in battle and Charles inherits the throne. He sends for King Edmund Payne to discuss a peace treaty. He"ll end the war and spare the Payne kingdom under one condition.
"Whatever do you wish for, Your Majesty?" Edmund Payne asks, seething, but unable to refuse and risk losing what"s left of his war-stricken kingdom.
"Him." The room falls silent, as Charles" raised finger lands unmistakably on Edwin.
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05 Dec 2024
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hand in hand we walk (if you dare to reach for it) by wordsinhaled
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
30 Sep 2024
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One day, when they are seated together on the sofa in the office, each quietly engrossed in his own activities, Charles reaches out, across the negligible space between them, and takes Edwin"s hand.
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- Part 13 of that certain feeling
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05 Dec 2024
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“Edwin!” Charles’s head pops through the wall, smiling broadly. “It snowed!”
It’s only the years of training himself not to display untoward emotions—and that was before Hell—that stops Edwin from showing his unabashed relief. “It’s December, Charles. It does that.”
Was that too acerbic? Possibly. Before Edwin can apologize, Charles laughs, like he finds Edwin and his sharp tongue delightful. He has a tendency to do that. No one ever has ever laughed at Edwin like that before Charles, like he’s simply happy to be in Edwin’s presence, without a trace of cruelty. Edwin wonders if one of those rocks those hideous boys threw at Charles hit him in the head and if such injuries ever follow one into death.
“No, it’s proper snow, mate,” Charles says. “Come see!”
In the days before they leave St. Hilarion"s and set out to start the Dead Boy Detective Agency, Edwin and Charles are just two boys playing in the snow.
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
05 Dec 2024
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remember my fingers in your hair (the heat behind your stare) by thegirlofthorns for ingridmatthews
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
04 Dec 2024
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Edwin brought his beloved’s hands to his lips and exhaled gently before dropping them again with a small smile. “There you have it,” he said. “You now have empirical evidence that ghost breath complies with the natural laws of temperature.”
Charles chuckled. “Guess I do.” He paused. “Hey, have you ever built a snowman?”
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Or, the one where Charles and Edwin do, in fact, build a snowman.Series
- Part 4 of Payneland Promptfest 2024
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
04 Dec 2024
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Hold Up A Tick, Mate -1128 words by colourofthekites297
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
22 Oct 2024
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Edwin is engrossed in the notes of their latest case and Charles helps him avoid a burnout
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04 Dec 2024
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You Are My Entity (Here for Infinity) by thegirlofthorns
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Aug 2024
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They sat there for a moment, and Edwin moved his hand back to the Wormlike Apparatus. He began to work it in between his fingers again, and Charles smiled brilliantly. “Like that one, do you?”
“I like the lot of them,” Edwin said diplomatically. “Though I will concede that this is the immediate favourite.” He paused. “It must have been challenging,” he said quietly. “To find these kinds of items for someone who cannot feel sensation.”
Charles shrugged. “I had fun with it. Honestly, I think I wanna get myself some of that Aaron’s Putty. It’d be fun to pull into little balls and bounce around.”
Edwin huffed. “Honestly, Charles, do not be ridiculous.”
“Careful, or I’ll toss the chunks at you and they’ll get stuck in your funky little socks.”
Edwin grinned. “Thank you, darling,” he said.
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Or, Charles shows Edwin he loves him with the love language of gift giving.- Language:
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
03 Dec 2024
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I Want to Snarl and Show You Just How Disturbed This Has Made Me (You Wouldn"t Last an Hour in the Asylum Where They Raised Me) by thegirlofthorns
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
13 Jul 2024
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You are born on an unseasonably warm January morning. The air is crisp, but the sun is shining, and the midwife remarks on the beautiful peculiarity of such weather.
It is a Wednesday, and if your parents know the old rhyme, they do not comment on how a child born when you are ought to be full of woe. Instead, they smile. They welcome you to the world.
They name you Edwin Payne.
When you are very young, so young that you can barely fit your hand around your father"s favorite pen, you are happy.
You do not smile much, but you are constantly -thinking.-
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Or, an Edwin Payne character study in four acts.- Language:
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
03 Dec 2024
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Edwin existed, just as Charles had. Charles, who occupied a space in loving memory. A much-deserved space – Edwin would have wanted it no other way – but the core of him wanted to scream that he had been here, too. He never would be again, but he had lived, and he had breathed and laughed and moved with too much frippery and frill to continue on breathing, and he had been a whole person, once. And it had not mattered.
So looked at CHARLES ROWLAND through tears, allowed himself to. Even Charles"s hammer on metal on stone was not enough to dull the pain, but it was enough to remind him that he was still here, even if he was no longer living. It was an awful sound, a jarring sound, and tears shone in Charles’s eyes as he focused intently on carving out the A in his surname, but it was something.
They were there, together, and they were feeling.
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Or, Charles finds Edwin"s unmarked grave and will, in the lightest of terms, not be having it.- Language:
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
30 Nov 2024
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It should have been just another case for the Dead Boy Detective Agency - a pair of missing ghosts to find - if not for the fact that they had to investigate a luxury resort dedicated to couples counselling... for ghosts. And what better way for Edwin and Charles to infiltrate it than to pretend to be just another couple needing to revive their relationship?
A brilliant idea according to Charles, but for Edwin it might have been more than he can chew...Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
18 Nov 2024
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Mom Says It"s My Turn to Jump on the Grenade by RoseGanymede95
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
18 Aug 2024
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Charles tried to pay attention, because Edwin was really upset, and Charles still didn’t understand why, and it seemed like this might be important. It was just, they’d been at this for a while, and Edwin kept asking him the same questions and not leaving him time to answer, so. His mind may have wandered a bit to how he would reinforce the next cricket bat.
His attention snapped back to the present when Edwin said, “This can’t happen. You can’t risk this, I can’t be the reason you risk it. You have to move on.”
“Move on?” Charles repeated blankly. “Move on from what?”
“From here, Charles!” Edwin shouted, suddenly furious again, suddenly shouting even though his eyes were filled with tears. “You have to go with Death! You have to leave!”
“I don’t want to go with Her,” Charles said, nonplussed.
“Fine, that’s your business, but you can’t keep hanging around me!” Edwin snapped.
Charles’ world suddenly tilted on its axis, sending everything askew. “I can’t?” he asked, his voice small, his heart wide open and exposed.Series
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
04 Nov 2024
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Edwin stumbled and choked on a laugh. Charles kept a solid hold on him so he wouldn’t fall. “What exactly do you call this style?”
“It’s an underground dance,” Charles said dismissively. “Doesn’t have a name. It was all the rage in my day though, trust me.”
Edwin laughed out loud this time. “Of course, I forgot about the ballroom dance craze of 1987.”
“Exactly. Now hold on!” Edwin knew Charles well enough by now to intuit what he meant, and he latched onto Charles’ shoulder with a death grip just before Charles dipped him low to the ground.
“You’re going to drop me!” he sputtered. Charles laughed and hauled him back up. They both knew full well that Charles would do no such thing. Edwin just liked to act scandalized for the fun of it.
“Have I ever dropped you before?” Charles asked smugly, falling back into a two-step.
“There’s a first time for everything,” Edwin retorted.
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02 Nov 2024
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"Slight problem there, mate," says Charles, still buried up to his shoulder in the pack.
Edwin quirks an eyebrow. "A problem on the scale of the Cerberus Incident of "01, or on the scale of the Toad in the Hole Escapade of "98?"
"Nothing as bad as all that," says Charles, quickly. "Just can"t find it, can I. Must"ve left it at the bakery." He pulls out a cookie pan and sets it on the desk, then goes back to rummaging.
"Charles," says Edwin, in the sort of voice that means there"s a lecture coming. "In case you"ve forgotten, that bakery was entirely overrun with boggarts."
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
01 Nov 2024
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Love Letter From The Sea to The Shore by sulfuric for singtome
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
28 Oct 2024
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A wave never crashes into the shore in quite the same way twice, but it crashes each time all the same.
or: Charles and Edwin, split apart. A choose your own adventure fic about falling and having fallen, the sea and the shore, and how many ways a name can fit inside a mouth before it simply has to be spoken aloud.
- Language:
- English
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- Chapters:
- 34/34
- Collections:
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- 105
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
29 Oct 2024
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The Root of the Root and the Bud of the Bud by Asidian
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
22 Oct 2024
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He"s so caught up in his own head that he doesn"t even realize Edwin"s come back until he says, "Charles?"
Popped back in through the wall, probably. He"s been out at the shops, looking to replace all that stationery Charles ruined.
Charles can"t bring himself to answer. He sort of thinks his voice"ll give him away if he does: tight and wet and watery, like he"s not far off from crying. He wonders if he"s got time to phase right through the bookshelves and hide in them before Edwin sees he"s here.
But no, too late, cause Edwin"s saying, "What on Earth are you doing sitting on the floor?"
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Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
27 Oct 2024
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That"s How We Healed Each Other by Starcrossedstarfishes
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
07 Nov 2024
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Soulmate and Alive/Modern Day AU!
Edwin and Charles are soulmates that can feel each other"s pain--AKA pain pals. Unfortunately, this means that their soulbond is platonic and that one day, one or both of them will find their pleasure bond and their soulbond will be severed forever. Edwin"s biggest fear is Charles finding his pleasure partner and no longer having their Bond. Charles" biggest fear is Edwin feeling more of his pain.
Join us for the whump and the journey to navigate their pain bond and (maybe) finding their romantic soulmates! (wink wink)
Bookmarked by BookSwiftieAndrew
17 Oct 2024