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"There is no such thing as ghost wine," says Edwin later, sat on the floor of the office, handily trouncing Charles at chess. "I would have read about it somewhere by now, surely. I suspect he was having us on."
"Oh, come off it, mate," says Charles. "He paid us proper, yeah? Why'd he lie about something that's a tip, anyhow?"
"People dissemble for all manner of reasons," says Edwin, primly.
"And they tell the truth for loads of others, don't they," Charles counters, and he reaches up to snag the bottle off the desk. "Come on. One way to tell for sure."
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02 Dec 2024
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if you must mourn, don't do it alone by halffulljampot
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
29 Nov 2024
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Edwin leaves the Partially Deceased Treatment Centre on a Sunday.
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Edwin was murdered in 2009, he returns home in 2013. An 'In the Flesh' AU.
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- Part 1 of if you must mourn
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30 Nov 2024
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“Sorry,” Charlie tried to ignore the way Mark’s hazel eyes had gone big and dark, the way they did even when he managed to scrub any other hint of worry from the sharp-cut lines of his face. “What did you say?”
“Want a fag?” He asked, again. Charlie looked down to the box, offered out between them. He didn't particularly feel like smoking, but he did feel like giving his hands something to do besides clench into little fists inside his pockets.
That, and he could never say no to Mark when he looked like this, worried but trying not to be.
“Thanks."
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3 1 times someone handed Charles Rowland a cigaretteInspired by Like We're Gonna Die Young (Again) by RoseGanymede95
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30 Nov 2024
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"Edwin's told me loads of stories about Hell," Charles says, decades into the future. And Edwin does, he just... can't quite bring himself to tell Charles everything.
Or: 100 drabbles of Edwin, after Hell.
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27 Nov 2024
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I Am Flesh and I Am Bone (I've Got Fire in My Soul) by ghostinthelibrary for Arisprite
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
24 Nov 2024
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On Halloween, when the veil is thinnest between the living and the dead, ghosts are at their most corporeal—and their most vulnerable. When Charles, Crystal, and Niko go to a masquerade and walk into terrible danger, Edwin has no choice but to leave the safety of their warded office to save them.
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24 Nov 2024
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If I had to Perish Twice by JUBE514
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
08 Dec 2024
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There wasn’t meant to be anybody here. There were meant to be people who came through and evacuated everyone out. It was dangerous to be this close to Edwin without protection. It was- Edwin needed to leave. He tries to wrap himself smaller as well, copying the boy in the corner, brings down the flame he’s had burning in the palm of his own hand for light-
The boy gasps at the motion, eyes huge and wet and focused on the fire that dances in Edwin’s palms. “You- You’re one of them government people.” He says, his voice is so, so soft. Nobody’s spoken to Edwin in that tone in years. “You’re here to help, right? Can- Can you help me?”
His lips are almost blue.
Fingertips frozen.
He’s dying.
He’s dying, past the point of saving, if the way his pupils don’t react to the light of the fire is correct.
“Are you cold?” Edwin has to ask, he’s moving forward, even though his mind is screaming at him not to, how everything these past seventy years have told him that he’ll hurt anybody within twenty meters, if left unchecked for longer than a minute.
The boy nods, weakly. “I’m freezing, mate.”
The boy in the attic is dying of the cold, who is Edwin to deny him a few minutes of warmth?
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23 Nov 2024
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his arms wide open but you'll never feel his warm embrace (angel in disgrace) by KiwiTyTy
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
17 Nov 2024
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Fill for this prompt on the DBDA Kinkmeme.
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“What you’re hearing is called the Song,” Sa’al eventually started excitedly. “Every millennium Hell chooses a being to inherit the tiniest fraction of It’s magic. No one knows how the they’re chosen, but for the past seventeen millennia, the inheritor has always been a demon. Except for the first – he was an angel. You humans know him as Light Bearer, Morning Star...”
“Lucifer. The Devil.” Edwin finished quietly, fisting at his torn pants. Had he had been ‘gifted’ the powers of the literal devil? White hot fear choked him. Why him?
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17 Nov 2024
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"They say it's like riding a bike, don't they?" says Charles, and he sets a hand upon Edwin's shoulder, casual and terribly warm. "Some stuff you never forget."
Edwin quirks an eyebrow, pointed and deliberate. "I am quite sure I've never heard anyone say that about playing the piano."
But Charles is watching him, and all at once, Edwin is overcome by the urge to try. Just to see whether it is something he has retained after all, when so much else has gone.
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03 Nov 2024
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Mirror Travel Is Such A Hassle by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
20 Oct 2024
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Something clicked in Edwin’s brain then, a missing piece that he hadn’t even realized was gone until now. “How did you get here?” he asked.
Charles scrunched his face. “What’d you mean?”
“How could you have possibly found me?” Edwin asked.
Charles looked away for a moment, something close to a blush spreading across his face. “Well, I followed you through the mirror, didn’t I?”
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DBD Promptober Day 1: MirrorsSeries
- Part 1 of DBDA Promptober 2024
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28 Oct 2024
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“Charles,” Edwin said. Then, louder, when Charles only nodded in response, “Charles! I’m sorry. I—”
“Edwin, don’t. Don’t you dare—”
“I sincerely wish we could have been friends for longer,” he said.
Charles looked crushed before he’d even finished speaking. He tried to get a better hold on Edwin’s suit jacket, but he had no footing, dangling in the middle of the train as he was.
Edwin let go.
Or: When David the Demon opens a portal on the train in an attempt to escape being exorcised from Crystal, Edwin gets inadvertently dragged back to Hell, leaving Charles and Crystal behind.
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28 Oct 2024
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hands and arms and legs and et cetera by NeverNooitNiet
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
27 Oct 2024
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Edwin thinks about Hell, and the spiral staircase out of it, the shockingly solid feel of Charles’ hands on his collarbones, and—
Ah. Bugger.
He’s got an idea. It is, unfortunately, terrible.
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27 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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23 Oct 2024
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Charles and Edwin tap into their worst emotions to disguise themselves as vengeful ghosts. Certainly, nothing could go wrong.
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23 Oct 2024
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The Only Version of Us That Matters by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
23 Oct 2024
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A case comes to the boy's agency in their early days that makes Charles realize something. As always, he and Edwin are there to reassure each other.
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“The ghosts that happens to, they do not have someone at their side. They allow themselves to spend too much time longing for the past that they do not pay attention to the now. And the further they slip away from the current time, as well as people who could tether them to reality, the harder it is for them to come back,” Edwin said.
“You, Charles Rowland, will never have to worry about that happening to you, because I will not let it. If you start to slip away, I will pull you back."
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DBD Promptober Day 9: PastSeries
- Part 3 of DBDA Promptober 2024
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23 Oct 2024
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Edwin falls silent once more, finally having the good sense to look ashamed as his eyes train on his lap, hands folded loosely atop it. The room settles quietly around them, too afraid to be any louder than it needs to be as Charles swallows his guilt and says, level, “Esther’s house was two and a half weeks ago.”
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22 Oct 2024
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The first thing he did when he got out of hell was to go look for a piece of paper.
He wasn't thinking about his notebook at the time, didn't even remember it. Any paper would've done, he just wanted to write it all down while it was still fresh.or:
"If you hadn't come, Charles, I would still be there right now." This was the hardest thing Edwin ever admitted.
"Yeah, but I did come, didn't I? I'd always come."
"But if you hadn't? I wasted all this time making sure I was ready and then was still–" his breath hitched and he fisted his hands, "–helpless."or:
"It's important," he said. "It has my name on it."Edwin has had his notebook for longer than thirty years. At this point it was more than just a convenient place for his meticulous notes, it was a symbol of sorts, a link to his past, an object that gave him confidence, and his if-worst-comes-to-worst ticket out of hell.
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19 Oct 2024
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“Look, Edwin, ask me anything you want to know,” says the Charles on the left.
“Oi, he said to give him a minute,” the Charles on the right says, crossing his arms.
Left Charles makes a face at him. “Yeah, like we ever actually do that. See? I’m the real one.”
“Seriously, you can’t believe that-“
“Charles!” Edwin snaps, and both copies shut their mouths.Bookmarked by CursedWonders
18 Oct 2024
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the start of something beautiful (the spoiler-free remix) by KiaraSayre
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
28 Jun 2024
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Four cases from the Dead Boy Detectives casebook, featuring amnesia, corporeality, a time loop, and a chill hang sesh.
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17 Oct 2024
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“It’s a relief to be rid of it,” Edwin continues. His voice is getting stronger, but his eyes are still a bit glazed over, like he can’t quite focus on Charles in front of him. “I much prefer the lack of sensation.”
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- Part 14 of dbdpromptober 2024
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16 Oct 2024
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Edwin sighed and unfolded his hands to push his hair back. “I suppose this was inevitable,” he allowed.
Charles beamed. “That’s the spirit. Look at it this way — you’ve never been to a house party before, and here’s one that’s right up your alley!”
“Ominous and full of peril?” Edwin asked sardonically.
“Exactly!” Charles agreed. “This way you get to go to a party you’ll actually like, because it’s actually a mystery. And once you solve the mystery, the party ends. I couldn’t have thrown you a better one myself.”Series
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15 Oct 2024