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Can't Jump the Track, We're Cars on a Cable by cafeaulater
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
07 Sep 2024
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"What was that, Charles? The hourglass. What exactly did it do?”
Charles forced himself to look into Edwin’s eyes, into that same pained look that he hated from mere moments ago. Then he glanced at the object in question.
“Freaky Friday,” he muttered. Charles took a deep breath. Then another. “Edwin, why are you hurting?”
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When Gon moved to York New City, he didn't expect housing to be so difficult to find. Luckily, Leorio had a lead that carried Gon to the front door of 405B Hunter Street, a townhouse with an open room in an apartment shared with a mysterious and eccentric young man named Killua. Such an opportunity could open doors to mystery, mayhem, and the greatest adventure of Gon's life.
Or, the Sherlock Holmes AU that no one asked for.
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Killua's thoughts are spiraling in his head so fast that he can’t make sense of them. It reminds him of when Illumi- No. But what if… NO. The pain between his eyes sharpens so much he sees static.
His body quivers as it tries to process contradicting commands while his brain screams and he settles for sitting on the metal stairs until he can control them enough to walk straight. Enough to convince Gon that he’s just tired. Enough to maintain this facade until whatever this is just goes away. Unless it doesn’t, a voice whispers from somewhere inside of him. Unless Illumi planted more than one-
(((In which Killua wonders if Illumi really only planted a single needle... or if there might be something he is missing)))
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Gon Freecss is a high schooler on Tofua’amotu, a small island in the middle of nowhere. He’s always felt like he was missing something, or someone. He wonders who or what it could be. His father maybe? One day, he inexplicably begins to have vivid dreams that he is a boy named Killua Zoldyck, who lives in a mansion and goes to school in York New City, a big city on the mainland. When he wakes, he’s back in his home. As his Aunt Mito and his friends at school tell him how strange he acted the day before, he begins to put it together - he and Killua are switching places when they sleep! They agree to work together until this strange phenomenon comes to an end. Gon did not anticipate, however, the strong bond he begins to feel with the strange boy from York New. He finds that he doesn’t really want it to end…
Gon has so many questions, and he must find the answers in the limited time he has. Why is Killua’s body always so painful to be in? Why are they switching places? And what will he do when the switching stops, possibly never able to see Killua again? Maybe it really was all just a dream that he will learn to stop chasing…((A Killugon ‘Your Name’ au))
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“Do you think they drifted apart?” There was a somber note in Killua’s tone.
Gon hummed in response. “No, I don’t think so.” Killua was staring at him again, hanging onto his every word. Gon sensed that there was something about the story that had struck a chord in the other. “I think space and time are different up there, y’know? Kind of like how space and time feel different when we’re together.”
(Or Killua celebrates Gon's birthday with him and learns that even in different traditions the stars always have a lot to say.)
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When Merlin is poisoned on a routine hunting trip, can the knights save him before it is too late for the beloved servant!
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29 Jul 2026
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I want you to know, I'm sorry I didn't understand by quietdetective
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 Jul 2026
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Edwin Payne knew what it felt like to be desired,
To be the thing that turned heads, to be gawked at from across the room.
Had known since he was ten years old and the other boys had pointed out a fundamental truth about him, one that he hadn't even known.
He also knew what it felt like to be one's dirty secret.
To be the thing that had to be hidden away, lest his presence make the other look bad.
Shoved under blankets, hidden in closets. Pushed towards windows.
Edwin Payne knew that he was desired, but not loved.
Never loved.
Lusted after,
Admired.
But never, ever loved.
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29 Jul 2026
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Charles knew that Edwin was out of it.
Edwin was staring into space, detached, that terrifying look in his eye that Charles hated that he recognized.
He would start running, if Charles didn't say anything. Edwin would then hide, and Charles would have no chance to get to him.
And that simply couldn't happen, not with the pieces of iron stuck in him, large chunks buried in his body.
Charles wished Edwin at least screamed, but he was silent.
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26 Jul 2026
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“Something... has been bothering me,” Arthur admits slowly, reaching for his goblet of wine and taking a steeling sip. Merlin’s brow creases and his hand tightens slightly over Arthur’s as he tries to analyse his expression.
“When he... in his chambers. Why didn’t you...” Arthur hadn’t had such problems articulating himself since the night of the incident, almost like talking about it was regressing him back to the very moment. Before he can try again, he has a second where he thinks he’s back in Lord Gelese’s room, catching him all over again.
“Arthur. I know you’re an emotionally constipated prat on a good day, but use your words, please.” Merlin’s voice pulls him out of the memory, and Arthur shakes his head slightly in an effort to dislodge the image. Merlin is alive and in front of him. He has been laughing and sassing and gossiping and casting, life bursting from his every movement, all evening. Arthur needs to get a grip.
TW in notes. This is technically a sequel from Arthur's POV but i think it could probably stand alone.
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- Part 2 of it will change
Bookmarked by cafeaulater
24 Jul 2026
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It wasn’t the first time a visiting noble had vented their frustration with a slap or a punch. Hell, even the occasional knight had done so. It also wasn’t the first time that said slap or punch had sent Merlin to the floor. Despite how used to it he had gotten, the embarrassment always came flooding in. As if Merlin should have expected it, steeled himself better, and gained the strength to stand tall when it happened instead of crumbling to the floor like a fainting maiden. The humiliation scalded.
It will hurt. Then it will be over. It will hurt, then it will be over. It will be over. Merlin chanted it repeatedly in his head; the motto of his whole life in Camelot.
TWs in notes.
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- Part 1 of it will change
Bookmarked by cafeaulater
24 Jul 2026