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by aletterinthenameofsanity

Angels are supposed to be terrifying in their true forms. Too horrifying for the human mind to comprehend.

And in some ways, Edwin is like that.

Half of Edwin’s face, above a prim, absolutely stainless schoolboy’s uniform, is ripped open, scarred up the side of his face, like some sort of half-burned Icarus.

But Charles has known actual demons. True monsters. And the boy in front of him must be an angel, because his face might not be quite human, but Charles has never met anything brighter in his life.

(Edwin leaves hell with the scars of the baby-doll-spider monster still on his face. Not a single thing changes for one Charles Rowland.)

Words: 452, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Charles Rowland (DCU), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

Additional Tags: Scars, Pre-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, edwin shows up in the attic with the hell scars and charles goes "is this an angel", Charles Rowland Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Ficlet

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by MissAlrauna

A crow turns into a flightless bird.

Words: 3618, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Someone You can build a Nest in

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Monty (Dead Boy Detectives), Asha (Dead Boy Detectives)

Relationships: Cat King/Monty (Dead Boy Detectives)

Additional Tags: Sickfic, Sick Character, Vomiting, Violence, kinda you'll see when you read it, Hurt/Comfort, Magic, Explicit Language, Mild Sexual Content, Mild Blood, Implied Sexual Content, Monty Needs a Hug (Dead Boy Detectives), Cat King is Called Thomas (Dead Boy Detectives), POV Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Protective Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), I'm Bad At Summaries, pls read it anyways

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by ONeophyte

Edwin firmly believes one would have to be utterly foolish or cowardly to reject wisdom offered by a thousand-year-old being. Even if it's surreptitious. Even at the cost of some discomfort. But then again, has anything in this life (or afterlife) come easy?

And so, Edwin sets out to study magic, the Cat King, and himself.

Words: 4380, Chapters: 2/6, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU)

Relationships: Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Cat King & Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Romance, Post-Canon, Magic, Magical Realism, Touch-Starved, Unresolved Romantic Tension

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by aletterinthenameofsanity

Your body is a thing, to you. A thing that wants to feel things, wants to chase things, wants to be things.

It is strange, that the more the world dies around you, the more you feel present in your own body. The more you work to use your psychic powers, to connect to your ancestors, to name that thing inside of you, the more real you become.

Maybe you are a girl. Maybe you are not. Maybe you are half-alive, half-dead, full of ghosts and full of beating, pulsing blood.

So you go to the one person who seems to know himself pretty well. Who seems to understand what it's like to have an outside that doesn't quite match the inside, who has made the outside somewhat match what he feels inside, who is a walking, talking pile of contradictions and ease and loneliness.

Words: 1069, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 12 of dress you up in my love (cat king/crystal brainrot)

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Other

Characters: Crystal Palace (DCU), Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives)

Relationships: Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives)/Crystal Palace (DCU)

Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Non-Binary Crystal Palace, listen i was. having feelings, POV Second Person, POV Crystal Palace (DCU), Crystal Palace-centric (DCU), Character Study, Implied Sexual Content

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by fallenStar_cygnus

Charles is the agency's people person. Obviously he is- he loved people! And he loved being around people.

...sometimes.

Other times.. other times he just wanted to tuck himself between Edwin's ribs and make a new home.

Words: 2046, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Charles Rowland (DCU), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Niko Sasaki, Crystal Palace (DCU)

Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland, Charles Rowland & Niko Sasaki, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Niko Sasaki

Additional Tags: lowkey crystal doesn't do much, Charles Rowland Needs a Hug (DCU), desperately actually, Protective Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Good Friend Niko Sasaki

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by GhostOfNuggetsPast

When your friends are sad, you help them! Niko understands this. So when Charles takes a left turn during a routine interview with her, she has to do something. Surely Edwin would know what to do, but it's up to Niko to figure out how to get those two annoying boys to talk ... about ... about ... feelings. Nooooooooooooooooooooo

Words: 16, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of 2025 Ghost Display Case

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Charles Rowland (DCU), Niko Sasaki, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Crystal Palace (DCU)

Relationships: Charles Rowland & Niko Sasaki, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

Additional Tags: Mid-Canon, Episode: s01e05 The Case of the Two Dead Dragons (Dead Boy Detectives), Niko Sasaki and Charles Rowland are friends goddamnit, and we are going to make them confront The Horrors together, light body horror, Charles Rowland's Color-Changing Depression Shirt, Podfic, Podfic Length: 1.5-2 Hours

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by Nharai

Estoy terriblemente furiosa con Netflix por cancelar esta preciosa serie. Quiero decir. ¡Mis nenes ni siquiera tuvieron otra oportunidad para hablar! Aunque no negaré que amé el beso en la mejilla ˃ 𖥦 ˂

Words: 1739, Chapters: 2/30, Language: Español

Series: Part 1 of Dead Boy Detectives || Catwin ❤

Fandoms: The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU), Crystal Palace (DCU)

Relationships: Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

Additional Tags: Cat King is Called Thomas (Dead Boy Detectives), Smitten Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Mutual Pining, Falling In Love, 30 Day OTP Challenge, Jealousy, Animal Transformation, Cats, Love Confessions, Idiots in Love

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by lemon_with_no_sugar

«Ніхто і ніколи на її пам’яті так відчайдушно не тримався за земне існування, але ці хлопці виглядали так, наче точно знали де і з ким вони воліють бути»

Нічна Доглядальниця приходить за хлопцями, аби забрати їх до потойбіччя, але вирішує, що буде набагато краще дозволити їм лишитися

Words: 1185, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Українська

Series: Part 2 of free from hell

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Night Nurse (DCU), Charles and Edwin on the background, Kashi mentioned

Relationships: Night Nurse & Charles Rowland (DCU), Night Nurse & Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Night Nurse & Kashi

Additional Tags: Internal Monologue, Reflection, The Night Nurse actually says «be gay solve cases», kinda her redemption arc, please bring back Kashi they're would be so iconic together, Character Study

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by sorion

Doctor Michael Trafford – aka "Tragic Mick" – retires from his position as Chief Medical Officer on the USS Townsend. He leaves big shoes to fill for that "upstart little shit" (according to Chief Security Officer Charles Rowland) Doctor Thomas King.

Words: 2349, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Crystal Palace (DCU), Charles Rowland (DCU), Niko Sasaki, Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Night Nurse (DCU), Jenny Green (Dead Boy Detectives), Kingham and Litty | The Dandelion Sprites, Tragic Mick (Dead Boy Detectives)

Relationships: Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

Additional Tags: Star Trek AU, Romance, Friendship, tags and rating could change

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by MycroftRH

InfoUnit E-1714 was designed to serve; SecUnit C-10247 was designed to protect. Doing what they were made for wasn't enough to endear them to humans. But it might be enough for each other.

Words: 1276, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Charles Rowland (DCU), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Robots & Androids, Inspired by the Murderbot Diaries, (very loosely), Angst, Angst with a Hopeful Ending, Dystopia, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Protective Charles Rowland (DCU), Kind Edwin Payne | Edwin Paine, Nonbinary Character, Nonbinary Edwin Payne, it/its pronouns, Blanket Permission, Podfic Welcome

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by montyforever

Palasaki Week Day 7 : Girls' Night

Crystal and Niko get ready for a party together.

Words: 450, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 7 of palasaki week 2024 but i'm 7 months late

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Crystal Palace (DCU), Niko Sasaki

Relationships: Crystal Palace/Niko Sasaki

Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Makeup, I'm Bad At Tagging

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by CautiousCasualty (2lulah)

Edwin is trying to figure out why he could feel the Cat King, and the Cat King is struggling with a bit of a problem. As Edwin goes to investigate, it may be more than he signed up for.

Words: 4617, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Charles Rowland (DCU)

Relationships: Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Cat King & Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

Additional Tags: Smut, Shameless Smut, Sex Pollen, Anal Sex, First Time, Fluff and Smut, Humor, Edwin can be dominant if he wants to be

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by lemon_with_no_sugar

"Хіба людина, котра належить пеклу лишилася б втішати незнайомого помираючого хлопця, ризикуючи бути схопленим Смертю? Чи погана людина допомагала б іншим привидам відновити справедливість і нарешті звільнитися? Едвіне, та я не знаю нікого сміливішого й добрішого за тебе."

Чарльз втішає Едвіна після повернення з пекла

Words: 2439, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Українська

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU)

Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

Additional Tags: Charles Rowland Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Loves Charles Rowland, Protective Charles Rowland (DCU), Touch-Starved Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s01e07 The Case of the Very Long Stairway (Dead Boy Detectives), Episode Fix-it, Friendship/Love, Fluff and Angst, Fluff, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Needs a Hug, Conversations, Tears, POV Multiple, Tenderness, Hugs

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by MostlyGhostly (BlueMelon)

Edwin is nervous about bringing up the London Pride Parade to his friends. A moment of panic leads him back to Port Townsend and a heart-to-heart conversation with the Cat King lends him an unexpected pillar of support that has the potential to lead somewhere more.

Alternatively; the one where they all go to the Pride Parade.

Words: 9026, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Niko Sasaki, Charles Rowland (DCU), Crystal Palace (DCU), Monty (Dead Boy Detectives)

Relationships: Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Niko Sasaki, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Crystal Palace & Charles Rowland, Monty & Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne

Additional Tags: Friendship, Friendship/Love, Feelings Realization, Pride Parades, Gay Pride, Pride, Friends to Lovers, Pre-Relationship, Coming Out, Found Family, Happy, Happy Ending, Hopeful Ending, Getting to Know Each Other, Getting Together, Cat King Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Cat King is Called Thomas (Dead Boy Detectives), Smitten Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Loves Cat King, Crushes, Holding Hands

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by GenevieveFangirl

People do not really understand this aspect of his weapon of choice. Murder is believed to be a high-energy endeavor, all heart-pounding exhilaration and adrenaline. And yes, for a split second, he experiences that rush of endorphins that comes from firing a gun, and satisfaction flows through his veins. However, most of his job is spent like this: waiting, patiently anticipating the perfect moment to strike. If done correctly, no one sees where his shot came from, and no one knows who it was. He is a ghost killer, not seen or heard, but nevertheless feared.

Words: 1400, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU)

Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Established Relationship, Everyone Is Alive, Guns, sniper rifles specifically, Alternate Universe - Criminals, Light Angst

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by carpediemma

“It’s time for you to finally grow up and accept your responsibility to this family, boy.”

The words echoed across Charles’s mind as he left the Institute. To go where? He didn’t know. To do what? He also didn’t know. He just had to leave.

Words: 1226, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English

Series: Part 9 of Of Dead Boys and Downworlders

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU), Paul Rowland | Charles Rowland's Father

Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Shadow World Setting (Shadowhunter Chronicles), Inspired by Shadowhunters (TV), Shadowhunter Charles Rowland, High Warlock Edwin Payne, Arranged Marriage

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by gayanteater

Edwin Payne is in love with Charles Rowland. Charles isn’t in love with him back. And that’s fine, really. It’s okay. Edwin is smart. He can figure out how to fall out of love. If only he could figure out how to stop wanting.

He wants to kiss Charles. He wants to yell at him, scream and cry and pound on his chest until Charles grabs his wrists and holds them in place. He wants to walk over there, wrap him in a hug, and never let go.

He wants Charles to get out and never return. He wants Charles to come sit with him and never leave.

Oh, how he wants.

Words: 2178, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU), mentioned cat king

Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

Additional Tags: Pining, Getting Together, First Kiss, Jealous Charles Rowland (DCU), Feelings Realization, if you know what the titles from we should make out, jk this started as a pining fic abt my ex gf who im still hopelessly in love with, but edwin gets to be happy even if im not