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Одного прекрасного ранку студент юридичного вишу Едвін Пейн прокидається у своєму ліжку, робить свої вранішні справи та йде за кавою, як зазвичай. Аж раптом він розуміє, що його найкращий друг Чарльз безслідно зник. А найжахливіше те, що ніхто навколо, окрім самого Едвіна, цього не бачить і взагалі не пам'ятає, хто такий той Чарльз.
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Haunted by the grief of losing Niko and desperate to find meaning in everything that happened to him, Edwin’s drawn back to Port Townsend. Back to the idea that the suffering of a ghost like him, someone tempered in hellfire, can be forged into immense magical power. And he’d only use it to protect rather than ruin.
But magic like this always demands its price. Resisting the pull of his new power proves difficult, and sometimes Charles feels like the only thing keeping Edwin tethered to his old self. Yet Charles isn’t without his own battles to fight and truths to face.
As Edwin tries to protect his friends while safeguarding his secret, Charles fights to save Edwin from himself. Soon, the question becomes not whether Edwin is willing to pay the cost, but whether there will be anything left of him when the debt comes due.
OR: Edwin’s corruption arc vs Charles’ feeling realization arc, FIGHT
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Wildland (Notes from Heather Mountain Lookout, North Cascades, Chelan County, Washington. May 7 - October 18) by mellxncollie
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
06 Sep 2025
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It's Charles' third summer as the fire lookout on Heather Mountain. Edwin, a writer looking for a bit of fresh air and inspiration, is the new relief lookout. Before even meeting, they begin to leave notes for each other around the tower.
aka the fire lookout au, a story told entirely by notes, journal entries, letters, and lookout logs.
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It’s almost three months since Edwin left Port Townsend. Three months of mourning Niko, of watching Charles and Crystal grow ever closer, and three months of being unable ignore that London is a city full of cats.
Three months since he admitted to the Cat King that he was lonely.
Can an accidental trip back to Port Townsend help with that loneliness? Can a shared understanding build into friendship, and even into something more? -
Missed Connections And Lost Opportunities by UneducatedAuthor for JUBE514
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
06 Sep 2025
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Charles can't help but miss his best friend. It's been a long time since they've seen each other, but when you know what it is to have Edwin Payne as your best friend, you can't really forget it. But he has a good life now, he's building something Edwin would be happy to see. He even has a new favourite podcast, and the host of Dead Boy Detective is pretty aces. It would be awesome to ever meet him, but the guy is kind of famous for his privacy. Charles gets it.
(In which Charles is a Youtuber who loves the host of his favourite podcast, and Edwin is the infamous Dead Boy Detective, who never plans a face reveal, but misses his friend from high school, who he considers the love of his life. When Charles past comes back to bite him, old rocks are underturned, but the two find each other again.)
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Meet me on the Try Line by m_erlin_s, sixbynine
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
05 Sep 2025
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Charles had played sports his whole life.
Football, Cricket, Basketball, Rugby - he threw himself into all of it with a passion like no other, and he was good, very good.
Playing on Eastfield Community's Sixth Form Rugby team meant Charles, and his teammates, regularly practiced with and competed against local private boys school: St Hilarion's.
Charles didn't usually pay much attention to the opposing team.
Then Edwin crossed his path.
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"I told you to stay down." Edwin doesn't shout, because instead of volume, he expresses his anger in sharpness of tone. It's like a slap in her face regardless.
"And I told you I can handle myself." Crystal screws the cap back on and pushes the bottle into Charles' hands.
Edwin only arches an eyebrow at her. "You were being dragged away."
"I didn't need your help," Crystal insists, and she doesn't even know why, because she most definitely did. She was seconds away from being turned into lemure food. If Edwin hadn't pulled her out, who knows what would have happened. She's not about to admit that, though. He doesn't need another reason to try and get rid of her. "I don't need you to save me. I don't need anyone to save me."
Edwin has the audacity to scoff. "I think we're both aware that that is a lie."
Crystal is really just trying to figure her life out, now that she's back in London: meeting up with friends, doing an apology tour, fixing the relationship to her parents, all the while being part of a supernatural detective agency. She really could do without Edwin being such a bitch all the time.
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Case15: The Mist Over Kalimpong by The_Consulting_Werewolf
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Sep 2025
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How can a leopard that's supposedly dead be killing people in the tea estate? Why is Gayatri Sen worried about her life?
In the rolling hills of North Bengal, Edwin and Thomas seek the answers to these questions.Series
- Part 16 of A taper in a rushing wind
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While investigating a witch's house for a ring for a client, Charles and Crystal find a mirror that doesn't show people's reflections.
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Love Is An Ocean (Extended Edition) by MostlyGhostly (BlueMelon)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Sep 2025
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Thomas and Edwin hit it off after a chance meeting and fall hard and fast in love. Their chemistry is undeniable and despite a bit of pushback, Edwin is determined to integrate his new boyfriend into his friend circle.
Their Summer of love comes to a screeching halt in a mess of lies and misunderstanding. Left to pick up the pieces of his broken heart after two rounds of grief and betrayal, Edwin spends the next year going through the motions. Everything changes for him, though, when Niko convinces him to join her, Crystal and Charles on a Summer Holiday to Ibiza.
Perhaps things might not be as irreparably broken as he thought they were.
This fic is mostly completed and will update weekly, every Friday!
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August, 1916. Edwin Payne has five months to die, or face a fate far worse.
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opening doors and pulling some strings by dearheartdont
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Sep 2025
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When Charles' master dies, he makes the rash decision to steal Sir Dagfinn's identity to compete for tournament prizes as a knight.
Charles' friends, Monty and Crystal, would be happy to just earn enough coin to fill their hungry bellies and return home to London. Thomas of Anglesey, a poet they meet on the road to Rouen, joins the gang as he needs new stories to tell.
Charles, however, has greater desires: to gain glory and prove that a peasant like himself can change his stars.
There are many obstacles for Charles to navigate: learning to joust, navigating courtly manners at banquets, and avoiding the suspicion and wickedly accurate lances of his fellow knight, Lady Esther.
It is the worst possible time to fall in love. But when he meets a handsome and quarrelsome Lord at a tournament in Rouen, Charles vows to gain his favour and his heart.
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A Medieval AU inspired by A Knight's Tale for Dead Bang Detectives 2025.
Art by birdsongisland (AO3)/ent-is-indecisive (tumblr)
Updates weekly, on a Friday.
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School Sucks And So Does Your Boyfriend by Yellowferns
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Sep 2025
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Moving to Port Townsend from sleepy New Hampshire just to attend the world’s smallest college is either the best or worst decision Monty has ever made. But he can’t really complain much when dorm life is much better than living with his mom.
The thing is though, that while he won the jackpot and got to move across the country from his mother, he was still left with a roommate, who, in all likelihood, doesn’t know they’re rooming together. He also probably doesn’t know what century it is if his clothing choices are anything to go by. Maybe Edwardian clothing is making a comeback.
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Monty Finch moves across the country to attend college and is roomed with none other than one Edwin Payne and semi regularly, his boyfriend Charles. The only issue is, Edwin’s very attractive, and Monty is very into him. But what Monty doesn’t know is that Edwin is single and has been eyeing Monty when he’s sure he won’t get caught. -
piece by piece by williamvapespeare
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
05 Sep 2025
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It starts as most things do, with Charles shooting him a grin so warm it might have melted the glass panes of the original Crystal Palace, and quickened the fire of the Great Exhibition within.
“Don’t worry, mate,” he says. “I’m aces with kids.”
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My take on a "hand-waving memory magic lets the boys meet a younger version of Charles and it's all very sad" fic. -
Her Majesty’s Company of Gentlemen Monsters by hobbitsdoitbetter
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
04 Sep 2025
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A gentleman revenant.
An unfortunate necromancer.
A powerful medium and her delightfully sweet bodyguard.
Meet our favourite characters in slightly different circumstances…
And yes, OF COURSE everyone is still super gay :-)
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When Crystal turns up with a case about a friend of a friend's family that has their own magical ghost butler, of course they're going to look into it. When it turns out that ghost is being magically controlled for free labor, things start to cut a little too close to home for Edwin, who doesn't own his own soul, for Crystal, who once willingly gave hers over to a demon, and for Charles, who would do anything for Edwin—up to and including when he no longer has a choice in the matter.
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Is it dumb believing you might love me too? by Padmedala
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
04 Sep 2025
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“Apparently, we were not on the same page.”
Charles snorts. “Yeah I’m bloody getting that.”
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A few days after Edwin confesses, Charles comes to his senses and asks Edwin out. But due to a miscommunication, Edwin doesn't realize that they're dating now.
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Dead Boy Shenanigans [and those of Living Girls] by fallenStar_cygnus
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
04 Sep 2025
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a series of incorrect quotes originally posted on my tumblr [@falling-star-cygnus]
Some of these have already been turned into fics by yours truly, some are being written as this is posted, but please! enjoy the sneak peeks and original plans and memes >w•
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Charles keeps waking up in places he has no memory of going to, with no idea of how long he's been gone or what he's done, and no good answers for Edwin when he makes it back to the office. Meanwhile, they've picked up a case - faceless ghosts are causing trouble in all sorts of places.
Or, five times Charles disappears and turns back up on his own, plus one time Edwin goes and finds him first.
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Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne are best mates. They spend all their time together, do everything together, and have done since 1989. Then there came a day in 1997 when Edwin overcame his Hell Trauma(TM) a tiny bit and loosened up just enough to remember the name of a non-client bloke.
Let’s just say Charles is a bit startled.
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5 times Charles Rowland was jealous over Edwin Payne and the one time a certain oblivious ghost realized it.
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- Part 1 of Journey to the Center of a Dead Boy