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(all of a sudden) i’m the man of my dreams by ObsessedWithFandom

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
28 Aug 2025
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It’s not a lie. Charles will defend that to his last breath (maybe, possibly, definitely). He never lies to Edwin.
The rest of the world might not see it the same way, though.
Or: Charles has a secret. Surprisingly little changes.

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24 hours by artemisadore, deadtwinksdetectiveagency (heckofabecca), Fenristheulv, m_erlin_s, Nigg, ObsessedWithFandom

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
20 Jul 2025
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“24 hours?”
“24 hours. From the minute the clock strikes midnight. Do we have a deal?”
The woman extends her hand, the hazy outline of her fingers flickering in the candlelight like the ripples of water. She isn’t a ghost, not exactly (not like the boys are at least), but she also isn’t not. It’d been a perplexing case, full of magic and mystery far beyond the extent of what the Dead Boy Detectives had explored in the past few decades. She had explained, and Edwin had taken careful note of the specifics, but it still doesn’t really make all that much sense.
What makes even less sense is how exactly the spell she’s offering works, her magic surpassing Edwin’s, something supernatural and spiritual like the Cat King’s, far beyond the boy’s comprehension… but god if the appeal isn’t enough to make the two ghosts consider throwing caution to the wind.

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what’s the point of heaven (if you never really loved?) by ObsessedWithFandom

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
12 Jul 2025
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But it did rather give him an idea. He had been withholding his own affection since realising the extent of his feelings, terrified of taking advantage of Charles’ kindness. Yet now Charles knew all, and, although he did not return those feelings, still accepted Edwin as completely as he always had.
Surely, then, he would not mind if Edwin continued to speak the truths of his heart?
Or: Five ways Edwin shows his love for Charles, and one way Charles returns it all.

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a hand like yours to take mine by artemisadore, cutevamp, deadtwinksdetectiveagency (heckofabecca), Fenristheulv, Nigg, ObsessedWithFandom

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 Jul 2025
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“It never felt weird to me that people would make, like, art and stories and videos and poetry about you, cause—“
There’s poetry? Edwin thought in a blind sort of panic.
“—well, didn’t seem strange to me that people would obsessed with you, cause I’m a bit obsessed with you.”
Edwin blinked.

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or, running a maid cafe is bearable, until the guests begin writing.. stories about Charles and he.

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how 'bout a little bitty self-love instead? by ObsessedWithFandom for EveryMomentADifferentSound, DontOffendTheBees

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
29 Jun 2025
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His face blinked two bright gold eyes up at him, lips curling into a sinful little smile, a faint scar nudging into the top one.
“Tom,” Charles sighed. “Cheers, mate, but I’ve no idea why you think this is helpful. At all.”
“Oh, it’s all about self-love these days, babe, haven’t you heard?” Thomas’ voice, at least, hadn’t changed. Hearing his own voice attempt an American accent – or worse, a fake British one – would’ve been a step too far. “What, you don’t want to give yourself some loving?”
Or: Thomas shows Charles the power of radical self-love. Or something.

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it changes when the sun goes down by dearheartdont for cutevamp

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
07 Sep 2025
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The prospective punter is fit, though. Cool green eyes below dark, thick brows. His swept-back hair loosened, so strands hang over his forehead. He looks like an old-fashioned film star with the monochrome of his dark hair against pale skin.

Charles' usual spiel—"Do like what you see? You can see more if you like…"—dries up in his throat, and instead he blurts out, "What's the word that means a politer word for something?"

The man's mouth opens, closes and opens again. "A euphemism?" The man's voice is posh, but pleasant.

Charles leans in closer to the window and smiles. "Thanks, mate. It was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't get it. You okay? I can help with directions if you're lost."

"I'm not lost," the man says. "I came here on purpose." His voice gets smaller. "For sex."

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1990s London. Winter.

Charles Rowland is a sex worker who needs to cover the rent.

Edwin is an attractive new punter with a Mercedes and a request.

(A PWP with shifting power dynamics, dom/sub undertones and a desperate Edwin on his knees in the moonlight).

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08 Sep 2025
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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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07 Sep 2025
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These Frameworks Labelled Home by mruk (orphan_account), vala (valinorean)

Fandoms: Inception (2010)
12 Feb 2013
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Arthur is dead and someone needs to tell his family. Following a job that had gone terribly wrong, Eames heads to Arthur's childhood home to tell Arthur's family of his death when Cobb refused to do it. There, he finds solace with the people who loved Arthur as much as he did. Eames learns of Arthur's past, his life away from dreamshare, and, painfully enough, what might have been between them.

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01 Sep 2025
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you make a fool of death with your beauty by Anonymous

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
23 Jun 2024
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No one cared; no one ever did. The world turned on, grinding the bones of the forgotten to dust as it went. You could run and run and run, and it didn’t matter – it would catch you in the end.
Edwin cared.

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- Part 2 of we all have a hunger
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31 Aug 2025
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how could anything bad ever happen to you by Anonymous

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
08 Jun 2024
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Ironically enough, now that Crystal had her memories back, she had a whole new set ready that she was willing to trade away. Hey David, want to have this one of Edwin screaming on Esther fucking Finch’s table? What about this one of Charles chained up like a dog on the floor, iron searing his neck every time he moved? Oh, David, you’ll love this one. It’s Niko on the floor, all in pretty, impractical white, because Niko had never heard of the word practical. She’s spilling red across everything she touches because Niko is bleeding out, she’s dying. Crystal remembers the sheer bewilderment of that moment. Nothing bad was ever supposed to happen to Niko. Crystal had saved her from the dandelion sprites; she was supposed to stay saved.
She had not felt dead, in Crystal’s arms, even with all the blood.

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- Part 1 of we all have a hunger
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31 Aug 2025