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"You thought that our relationship was just, what, physical?" Charles manages, understanding beginning to dawn and horror along with it. "That I was using you to fuckin' satisfy myself until I could find someone I liked better?"
Edwin shifts, kneading his fists together and avoiding Charles' gaze.
"You make it sound as though it is such a terrible thing, Charles," he says stiffly yet with a distinct sincerity. "It is not. That I could provide any comfort to you at all is something I am deeply grateful for. I do not and have never required you to love me in the-in the way I love you."
He meets Charles' eyes again, so terribly determined and kind. It makes Charles want to scream and hit something.
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Or Edwin has been under the impression that his place as Charles' sexual/romantic partner is temporary. Charles disagrees.
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In the aftermath, Edwin tries to put a bit of space between them.
Charles does not take kindly to that.
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5 times Charles won’t let Edwin slip away, and 1 time Edwin decides to stay right where he is
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"So let me get this straight…" Crystal says. "You guys can instantly conjure up whatever outfits you want, yet you've both stuck with the exact same looks for thirty-plus years? What are you, cartoon characters?"
"Oi, ease up," Charles protests with a slight pout. He's back in his red polo again. "We're blokes, and it's just simpler to keep things the same rather than worry about all that. Besides, our fits are part of our whole brand, yeah?"
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Four times Edwin or Charles changed up their look +1 time they didn't wear anything at all.
(It's more innocent than it sounds.)
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- Part 7 of Dead Boy Detectives
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"You know, it is the strangest thing, Charles," Edwin says. "I look at you, and I know who you are, and I can remember loving you. I remember being in love with you.”
“You remember," Charles repeats slowly. "But, what? The spell made you stop fancying me?” he asks, only half-jokingly. Perhaps it would make things easier, if Edwin weren’t in love with him.
But Edwin shakes his head. “Not exactly. I am not lacking any attachment to you in particular. I am simply- lacking.”
Or: A spell removes Edwin's love for Charles. Charles is not coping well.
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Reach Out And Touch Faith by coloursflyaway for tragedy_machine, just_slightly_chaotic
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
24 Jun 2024
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And Charles doesn’t notice that Edwin doesn't touch him anymore, maybe for no other reason than that he doesn’t want to, because doing so hurts, but then there’s a night when Edwin walks past him and he raises his hand like he wants to brush it against Charles’ arm – his metaphorical heartbeat picks up at that, like Charles has been waiting for this even more than he realised – but then, a second before his hand connects, Edwin pulls it back like he’s been burnt.
And that, well. That hurts too.
Edwin stops touching Charles; Charles doesn't deal well with it.
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- Part 14 of Dead Boy Detectives fics