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    my healing needed more than time by

    Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

    07 Nov 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.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    The Two-Body Problem by for QueerFanLoverboy

    Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

    29 Jun 2026

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    Their visitor stood before them. She was painfully thin – so much so that her cheekbones stretched her skin into sharp, severe lines, and her cheeks were deeply sunken. Her hair was pulled back into an unexpectedly voluminous bun, secured with two old-fashioned hairpins. She wore a strict brown dress of wool gabardine, its high collar fastened tight with metal hooks. A ghost.

    The woman returned their scrutiny, clearly disapproving of what she saw. Her gaze was methodical, like someone used to taking inventory. Her dark eyes  –  slightly too large, bulging just a fraction from their sockets  –  lingered on Edwin, drifted to Charles, and then snapped back to Edwin.

    "The Dead Boy Detective Agency?" she inquired.

    "That's us," Charles said. "Take a seat."

    The client nodded, as if ticking a box on a long internal checklist, and gingerly perched on the edge of the chair. Her fingers laced together in her lap, her knuckles protruding sharply beneath the papery skin.

    Charles perched on the corner of the desk while Edwin took his seat.

    For a few seconds, the guest remained silent. Edwin clasped his hands on the desk  –  his universal gesture for 'I am listening'.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Learning By Heart by ,

    Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

    26 Jun 2026

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    Charles wakes up in the hospital after the incident with his mates and everything is—well, pretty aces actually. His dad’s being nice to him, his mates—former, now—have either been kicked out of school or are staying away from him, and he’s got a new roommate.

    Edwin is kind and funny and really clever, and, best of all, he seems to think Charles is pretty great too. So what if he’s sometimes a little bit weird? Charles is still determined to get to know him better.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Devil on my Shoulder by

    Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

    26 May 2026

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    Despite himself, Charles was mesmerized by this strange version of Edwin Payne that had something of Hellfire to him. And he was so very close … “His eyes are decidedly less honest than yours. Intriguing... Never pegged Charles Rowland for a liar.”
    “Careful, luv.” The voice was a sing-song drawl, accompanied by the same scraping sound drawing ever closer. “You know I get jealous.” There, lit faintly by moonlight, was Charles Rowland – face pale, grin wide and eyes cast in shadows, twirling a cricket bat that had been studded with nails glinting wickedly like iron stars. “What you think, Win? I say there can only be one.”

    A string of grave robbings leads the Dead Boy Detectives to stumble into a ritual, summoning versions of themselves, who have experienced a very different afterlife. Not only is there a pack of hellhounds on their heels, they also won’t stop at chaos nor bloodshed to carve out their place in the world – and remove their superfluous doppelgangers in the process.
    As Crystal desperately tries to master her powers and keep the fabric of reality from unraveling, the boys need to stop their nefarious doubles. To make matters infinitely more confusing, the two delinquents are madly in love...

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    14 Jun 2026

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    don't go sharing your devotions (lay all your love on me) by

    Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

    16 Jan 2025

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    In their attempts to rescue Niko from the Astral Plane, Edwin, Charles, and Crystal accidentally summon a second Charles Rowland from another universe.

    Charles never gave much thought to whether he'd get along with an alternate universe version of himself. Technically, he should, this Charles was just like him: funny, clever, kind - a dead boy detective.

    Except, this second version of Charles doesn't seem to know how to keep his bloody hands to himself, and off of Edwin.

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    09 Jun 2026