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“I can’t believe you were right but I find myself enjoying the role of detective, if only for today.” Pulling himself together and his coat firmly around himself, Edwin continued the treacherous walk downhill. “I also—well, a rather selfish thought occurred to me while speaking with the spirit.”
“Oi? What’s that, then?”
“Can you even imagine the potential for primary sources now that I know I can communicate with ghosts?”
He heard Charles skitter to a stop behind him. “I didn’t even think of that, that’s right clever you know. Look at you, seeing the bright side of things.”
It occurred to Edwin that perhaps relentless positivity was infectious.
It’s 1993, and Edwin Payne has just started his first term at university. While he’d hoped to stay unbothered, he’s begun to wonder how long he could blend in before he disappeared altogether.
Charles Rowland works at the local record shop, and accepted long ago that protecting himself might not be his destiny. He figures it’s time he tried his hand at looking out for someone else.
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03 Jan 2026
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i need to tell the truth (you don't have to lie) by MycroftRH
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
28 Oct 2025
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Charles decides it’s been quite long enough, Edwin needs an answer, any answer’s better than none, but no matter how hard he tries Charles still doesn’t have an answer - so he goes out and buys a truth potion and drinks it. This does not go as smoothly as he had planned.
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11 Oct 2025
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The ghosts managed to escape the predator's trap but only just, and not before falling victim to its transformative magic. Their long, comfortable existence was shattered in an instant as Edwin emerged a living human being, the rushing of his blood booming in the ears of Charles, freshly-minted vampire.
Horrified and desperate to find a way back, Edwin searches for a solution while Charles' thirst burns.
Above it all shrieked his towering thirst. Brand new and full grown, it was a howling need so insistent it seemed to twist within his flesh; a burning, reverberating agony.
And still, there was one thing louder.
Because there sat Edwin, looking down at him with dark circles under wide, frightened eyes, ripe fruit hanging low. He was coursing with hot, living blood, exquisitely defenseless, and Charles’ hunger demanded that he crush this easy prey. That he devour him. His bloodlust was an elemental instinct urging him irresistibly on, powerful and relentless as a tidal wave.
Charles clenched his jaw and steadied himself, refusing.
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16 Sep 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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14 Jul 2025
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Five times Edwin accidentally turned Charles’ world upside down and one time he did it on purpose.
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24 Apr 2025