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“You misunderstand me. I do not wish to pass on. I wish to stop,” George says.
Edwin can hear the frown in Charles’ voice. “Think you might need to explain that one, mate,” he says. “What do you mean, you want to stop?”
But Edwin has a terrible suspicion that he knows. He can read it, suddenly, in the exhausted slump to George’s shoulders, the way he strains to smile, how he began this conversation by speaking of how he no longer recognizes the world. All of that, and—
At sixteen, Edwin thought dying in the trenches would be better than remaining at St. Hilarion’s. Every year past that, he knew it would have been.
How many times, in his 16 years of life and the many decades after, has he wanted to stop?
Bookmarked by beetlebug___1
11 Sep 2025
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absolutely beautiful tragic fic about edwin’s ghost cyanide pill
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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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Bookmarked by beetlebug___1
09 Aug 2025
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“Charles?” The boy asked, startling him from his thoughts. His voice was soft and kind, like his mum’s often was after a particularly rough night with his dad.
Charles looked up, his good eye blinking owlishly. “Who’re you?”
He looked back at Charles, lips set in a wobbly frown. If Charles had to guess, he’d say the strange, stuffy-looking boy was trying not to cry.
There was a long beat of silence. And then:
“Oh, my dear. What has she done to you?”
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Or, after tangling with the spirit of a mad scientist, Edwin is left with a seven-year-old Charles that has no memory of him or their afterlife together. Edwin learns about Charles’s childhood in steps, as Charles finds his way back to the family he’s built by working through the trauma of his past.- Language:
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Bookmarked by beetlebug___1
02 Aug 2025
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the most absolutely heart wrenching and beautiful hurt/comfort ever. i don’t know why i would come back to this and read it again but i probably will
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