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The sweetest sin by SueRose
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
08 Sep 2025
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Edwin Payne has wanted to become a priest, as long as he could remember, but... Things have turned out differently, after his apprenticeship in a small church in a small town called Port Townsend. It has been a year since... Since Charles Rowland and he is living a decent life. Until he receives an email and his world gets turned upside down.
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- Part 2 of You catch my gaze Payneland Series
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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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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. -
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Едвіну важко продовжувати жити як нічого не було, після свого зізнання у коханні Чарльзу, і з кожним днем все зрозуміліше, що відповіді чекати не варто. Тому не витримавши одного вечора флірту Чарльза з Крісталл, Едвін тікає туди де йому завжді раді, принаймі він на це сподівається...
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- Українська
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- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
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Steps of Knowledge by ONeophyte
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
19 Aug 2025
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Edwin firmly believes one would have to be utterly foolish or cowardly to reject wisdom offered by a thousand-year-old being. Even if it's surreptitious. Even at the cost of some discomfort. But then again, has anything in this life (or afterlife) come easy?
And so, Edwin sets out to study magic, the Cat King, and himself.
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So Much Universe and So Little Time by Starcrossedstarfishes
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
15 Aug 2025
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Prince Edwin Payne, heir to the Edwardian Realm's crown, wishes he had met Charles Rowland under different circumstances. He unfortunately doesn't have such a luxury, as Charles is an enemy of the Realm, champion of the Resistance and is kidnapping him just at the moment.
Oh and did I mention they're in space?
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The voices are getting louder (Also ur free to comment any prompts you’ll like me to write cuz I only have like 2 ideas rn😌
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Forgive me father, for I have sinned by SueRose
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
09 Aug 2025
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Edwin Payne loves God. And so far in his life, he has done everything possible, to be a good boy, a firm believer. And then, he met Charles Rowland. This teenage delinquent drives him crazy. Makes him lose his mind. And yet, he can not just say 'no'. Because he is weak. May the Lord forgive him!
(Sequel up NOW!)Series
- Part 1 of You catch my gaze Payneland Series
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Through Memory and Image by KittyBaffo
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
08 Aug 2025
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Little eight-year-old Charles summons Lillith. Seeing his suffering but unable to take him away, she instead leaves him a blessing. Eventually the memories of her fade from his mind, like a dream he had once. Then he meets Edwin, and he dies, and they open the agency, and as they face their first witch the witch casts what would be a fatal spell at him and it does...nothing. Charles brushes it off, saying it must not have hit him, but Edwin doesn't buy it and goes down a research rabbit hole, but can't find any answers. (After)life moves on and they eventually find themselves in Port Townsend.
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What if Charles got adopted by the goddess of blood magic and scorned women, the "Mother of Monsters" herself, Lilith.
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Projection by sixbynine
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
07 Aug 2025
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There's only so long Charles can repress things before it breaks out anyway it can.
Luckily it seems Ghost Rules have a hint of a sense of a humour. -
heavy words are so lightly thrown by boysforbugs
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
04 Aug 2025
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"I don't know if you have noticed but we are the Dead Boy Detectives, not a couple's counseling office." Edwin interrupts, words dripping with annoyance. Charles gives him a soft squeeze— a wordless scold towards his lack of bedside manner, but Edwin doesn't even spare a glance as he tries to subtly shrug the other boy's hand away, folding his hands atop the desk in front of him.
Charles tries his best to keep his face neutral, something in his stomach twisting at the brush off. He should be used it now, considering it's been four months.
Four months.
Four months since their return from Port Townsend. Four months since the Devlin House, and Esther, and David the Demon, and—
Hell.
It's been four months since Edwin looked Charles straight in the eyes and confessed that he loved him in a way Charles had never entertained; he had never even thought it was possible. Four months since Charles looked right back at his best mate—his favorite person in the world—and promised that this wouldn't change a thing between them.
Which it didn't!
At least, it didn't for Charles.
But Edwin..
Well, it just seems like Edwin wasn't exactly on the same page.
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Run to You by NuriaSchnee
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
02 Aug 2025
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"You will suffer until you reveal your secret to him."
The witch had been concise when she had cursed Charles. No riddles or double meanings. A curse and its remedy in just a few words.
What Edwin hadn't expected was the explosion. Or waking up in 1989, right after, alive and alone.
To make it worse, Charles doesn't remember him.
But that's not all, of course: the day Charles died is just a month and a half away. -
The Dust of Stars by NuriaSchnee
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
31 Jul 2025
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The End of the Universe has started—or so everyone believes. Dark voids are appearing throughout the country and spreading to other planes. Death has gone missing, and reality is shattering. Charles and Edwin are in a race against time again, trying to find what is causing this before their world disappears.
A Season 3 fic.
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- Part 2 of Dead Boy Detectives: The Complete Series
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Obeying your love by Lorelin
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
23 Jul 2025
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Edwin takes a convulsive breath when Charles's lips cover his own. It is unexpected. In an instant, a wave of embarrassment covers him. He cannot say that it is unpleasant, Charles's lips are so soft and warm on his lips. It feels light and sweet, and something inside Edwin turns over at that moment. He makes an effort to grab Charles by the shoulders and with a sharp movement push him away from himself.
"What the hell just happened?" Crystal cries out, looking from Charles to Edwin and back in confusion.
Edwin's face is confused and disconcerted, and he takes a shaky breath.
"Charles? What... "
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Kiss your scars by Lorelin
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
16 Jul 2025
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"Charles, it’s…" Edwin pauses. "You don’t deserve…"
The feel of Edwin’s fingers still sends warm sparks across his skin.
Rowland takes a deep breath, trying to regain his composure. He feels the fingers tracing the scars of the life that left him, running along his ribs, and Edwin’s arms wrap tightly around him.
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Caught When All The Stars Are Hiding (Something Wild Calls You Home) by Packleader
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
08 Jul 2025
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For a heartbeat, he hesitated. Then, the carefully constructed armor he had wrapped himself in shattered, exposing the raw emotion beneath. “I look at him,” Charles said, his voice trembling under the weight of his confession, “and I see myself.”
His gaze swept from Crystal to Edwin, desperation etched into every feature. “That boy is terrified,” he continued. “I don’t even think he knows what he’s scared of. Before we came along, the only person he’d ever known was Esther fucking Finch!”
The venom in his voice turned to a bitter snarl. “Familiars aren’t born, they’re created. They’re molded to serve their masters—to act as extensions of their will. We all heard how she talked to him back there!”
Charles’ eyes softened, though the pain lurking behind them remained. “Are we really going to hold him accountable for something ingrained in him? Something she stitched into his very nature? He betrayed us, yes, but - What choice did he really have? What would she have done to him if he hadn’t?”
Aka, a self-indulgent alternate ending of S1 ft. headcanoned backstory, ghostcrow end goal, and a projected hatred of Esther Finch
*ON HOLD TIL MID-AUGUST 2025 😁 THX FOR READING; BE BACK SOON!*
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Ghosts Didn't Do It, But Bigfoot Is Still On The Table by Do_wa_diddy
Fandoms: Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics), DCU (Comics)
07 Jul 2025
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Tim Drake has been a conspiracy theorist since he was ten. It's the only way to make sense of things, right?
He hopes so. One can only pretend to be an idiot who actually believes that Gotham is controlled by a massive alien moth for so long before it becomes clear that he's actually hiding the fact that he knows too much. If everyone thinks he's convinced that The Joker is a dolphin that got turned into a human being then they won't notice when he slips up and calls Batman Bruce Wayne.
But being a conspiracy theorist was a lot easier back when he could blame the undead for things and wasn't chasing actual crazy conspiracies alongside two ghosts and his half-sister in England whenever anyone isn't looking.
(Edit: chapter 2 is the new update; I deleted the chapter for votes)
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- Part 2 of Do_Wa_Diddy's Assorted DC
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The Case of the Flirtatious Client by JJ_Queenie
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
23 Jun 2025
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Charles is not happy, their newest client cannot stop flirting with Edwin and Edwin is doing nothing to deter their advances! It almost seems like Edwin is encouraging them and that does not sit well with Charles.
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30 Días OTP by Nharai
Fandoms: The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
18 Jun 2025
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Estoy terriblemente furiosa con Netflix por cancelar esta preciosa serie. Quiero decir. ¡Mis nenes ni siquiera tuvieron otra oportunidad para hablar! Aunque no negaré que amé el beso en la mejilla ˃ 𖥦 ˂
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- Part 1 of Dead Boy Detectives || Catwin ❤
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The case of the vanishing cats by SueRose
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
14 Jun 2025
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The cat king asked for help. And Edwin had accepted the case. Though he knows very well, he is playing a dangerous game. Charles has just recently discovered, Edwin uses pain to actually feel something, to indulge. In a... Sexual way?
But they have a case to solve! And a relationship to figure out. They have not talked yet, but it is unavoidable.
And there is this thing Edwin used to have with Thomas... Which is still not solved.
Sequel to Payne - ReliefSeries
- Part 2 of The Payne - Relief series