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˚𓅆 Phosphenes

Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives Rating: Mature Wordcount: 21k. Oneshot Relationships: Catcrow (main). established Payneland. background Palasaki Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy/Godpunk. Courting Rituals. Slow Burn. Not Actually Unrequited Love. Non-Explicit Sex. Diversity win! the gods are gay too.

"I am a fantastic host, and a hoot of a time. Get it? Hoot? That was a pun special for you, birdie. You can laugh, it’s okay.” “Your modesty truly knocks me off my feet,” Monty said. “I’m as humble as they get, beautiful.” (Or: For a half a century or longer, the God of Cats chases the God of Birds, and gets some advice along the way.)

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soulmate [sol-mat] noun • English our missing piece. a connection of minds and an unconditional, effortless, never ending love. a person with whom you feel the most complete. one whose presence brings you a sense of calm, peace and happiness. destiny or fate, it was meant to be.

Edwin & Charles: soulmates across time for @autumn-equinox-04 for the dbd server 1 year anniversary ✨

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An anonymous donor for #thegoodwedo fundraiser requested a payneland hug. Happy to oblige 💜. Thank you so much for participating!!

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I don't know why I thought this was a good idea.

Btw, original gifs by the amazing @qwanderer, I absolutely love their limited palette gifs!

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one psychic girl agency ✨ for @crystalpalacesasaki, happy birthday mar!

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i didn't get to quite as many scribbles as i'd hoped bc of life stuff, BUT here's the first one, you can tell i'm a little rusty

(ko-fi)

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I rewatched dead boy detectives today and i cant stop thinking about them…. Dead boy detectives i miss u… palasaki i miss u

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capricorn™

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Dead Boy Detectives

1.07 | The Case of the Spiral Staircase

For @dbdpromptober "Hell"

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what if you were the person to make me smile. for the first time in over seventy years.

and what if I said I never want to be without your smile again.

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I'll stop doodling these lil guys when they stop being so goddamn charming

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Mar's 24th Birthday Countdown [2/7]

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Mar's 24th Birthday Countdown [1/7]

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Dead Boy Detectives (2024) 1.07 | "The Case of the Very Long Stairway"

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thinking about touch starved edwin and charles, newly terrified every time his best friend leaves the room.

edwin comes back from his second go at hell worse for wear, jumpy and tight-faced at all hours of the day, wringing the hems of his sleeves near threadbare if his clothes hadn’t lost corporal existence alongside him.

charles comes back shaken, clingy and fierce in his fear of losing edwin again- of seeing him die firsthand, torn apart in those damp, dingy halls of hell.

they get touchier, which almost feels impossible. charles will loop an arm around the crook of edwin’s, tugging him closer, shoulder to shoulder.

edwin will reach out for charles when lost in thought, scrutinizing old police reports on the office desk and thumbing gentle circles into charles’ hand.

one that comes entirely from left field, however, is the discovery of just how easy it is to get eachother to relax with physical touch, despite the sensation’s complex relationship with the paranormal.

charles will get the good kind of quiet with a gentle pressure on his back- edwin’s arms, looped around his middle where charles’ face is tucked into the cut of his shoulder, palms flat against the clothed skin there and rubbing gentle, steady pressure into the nerves of his spine.

crystal mentions something about back rubs awakening some childhood ease, a reminder of maternal memories. edwin tries his best not to think of charles, a baby in his mothers arms. fails when trying not to cry about it when he thinks about it alone.

edwin will curl up on nights when a phantom exhaustion eats at him, bone deep, and charles’ hands will find their way to edwin’s hair, raking dark brown strands from their slicked usual appearance into tumbling, messy curls. charles will smile and tell him that they’re matching now while edwin dozes against his side. ghosts don’t need sleep, but it sure as hell doesn’t hurt.