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Assistant to Death, Edwin Payne, fucked up on his first solo job: firstly, he arrived too early, and then the charismatic boy who was dying stubbornly refused to go to his afterlife. Being transferred to the Lost and Found's data processing department was humiliating enough, but he realised Death must be having a laugh at his expense when he met his assigned training partner...
Or: Edwin and Charles become reluctant colleagues, escape their boring desk jobs to found a Detective Agency and stumble into a hell of a lot of trouble along the way…
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My Life Ended When They Called Your Name by GenevieveFangirl
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
23 Sep 2025
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Charles’ hand grips Edwin’s impossibly tighter. He holds his breath and only has one wish; please don’t be Edwin. Please let his best friend live. If there really is a higher power, they’ll grant him this one desire. He’ll never ask for anything again.
Thomas walks slowly back to the microphone. It is only a couple steps, but it is the longest few seconds of Charles’ life. The anticipation and stress are killing him. Finally, Thomas reaches the podium again and reads the name on the slip of paper.
“The voted tribute from District 8 is… Edwin Payne.”
And Charles’ heart shatters.
It’s the 125th Hunger Games and the Quarter Quell rules are simple: one tribute is selected by the district citizens via voting, while the other tribute must be a volunteer. When Edwin’s name is called as the tribute voted in and Charles volunteers for the other spot, how will they navigate the trials both inside and outside the arena?
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The client meets the smile with one of his own, his posture already loosening in response to Charles’ charm. “There’s an old lady who haunts the candy shop a few streets down from where I li-” he breaks off, smile fading. “Where I used to live. I told her I had a mystery I was trying to sort out, and she pointed me your way.”
Charles grins. “Good old Lizzie,” he says. “Not to worry mate. We’re aces with mysteries.”
A routine case looking into mysterious industrial 'accidents' goes sideways, resulting in Edwin leaning on his hell-forged pain tolerance to get them both out safely. Charles is less than thrilled about it.
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Charles has known Edwin a long time.
A really long time, and he knows exactly what his closest companion needs.Even if Edwin won't admit it.
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“I would rather get ripped apart than play this game with you,” he spat, letting all of the venom he was capable of sink into his words.
The boy’s face crumpled. It was as if Edwin had somehow found the exact worst thing to say to him, like he’d not only stabbed him but twisted the knife on the way out.
The last thing he saw before he died was the boy, face red from screaming as he reached out for Edwin.
It almost looked like he was sad.
XXXSome unknown events in Hell strip Edwin of his memories, leaving him with no knowledge of the last few decades. Charles is going to save him though, even if he has to drag Edwin out, kicking and screaming.
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I Wasn’t Born to Lose You (I Want You) by desire_turns_to_ashes
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
21 Sep 2025
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Having been raised as the omega son of a Viscount, Edwin knew he would never have a choice when it came to love and marriage. It would be his father who decides and he had finally accepted that. What he couldn’t come to terms with was the fact that his soon to be husband was none other than his high school bully… Simon.
After an awful dinner with the family of his now betrothed, Edwin runs away into the night, unaware of how much his life was about to change. And that maybe finding love wasn’t such a foolish dream after all.
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- Part 1 of I Want You (So Bad)
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Meet me on the Try Line by m_erlin_s, sixbynine
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
21 Sep 2025
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Charles had played sports his whole life.
Football, Cricket, Basketball, Rugby - he threw himself into all of it with a passion like no other, and he was good, very good.
Playing on Eastfield Community's Sixth Form Rugby team meant Charles, and his teammates, regularly practiced with and competed against local private boys school: St Hilarion's.
Charles didn't usually pay much attention to the opposing team.
Then Edwin crossed his path.
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Your Faith Like Silk Around My Neck by UneducatedAuthor
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
20 Sep 2025
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Charles is happy as Edwin's knight. It's all he needs, to be at his best mates side. And the challenge for Edwin's hand, well, it only bothers him because Edwin's great, and even though he's the Prince, it doesn't feel right that he isn't marrying purely for love.
But when Edwin involves him in the challenge, making him the one to determine who will marry into the royal family, Charles feels sick. How can he choose who will love Edwin the way he deserves? What does Edwin want for the person at his side? And why does it feel more and more like that's where Charles wants to be?
(Medieval AU, where Charles is the knight with Edwin's token, and the whole kingdom seems desperate for the hand of the one he loves most. Charles battles with who could love Edwin best, but the answer is closer than he would have expected.)
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Greatest In The League by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
20 Sep 2025
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Charles Rowland has it all figured out. He’s going to go to school, play hockey on a scholarship, and get a good job. That is his masterplan, and nothing is going to stand in his way.
Not even his lack of ice time. Or his questionable grades.
Thankfully, his new friend Crystal has the answer to all of this in the form of her best friend and world-famous figure skater, Edwin Payne.
They might just fall in love if they don’t kill each other first.
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Love Is An Ocean (Extended Edition) by MostlyGhostly (BlueMelon)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
19 Sep 2025
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Thomas and Edwin hit it off after a chance meeting and fall hard and fast in love. Their chemistry is undeniable and despite a bit of pushback, Edwin is determined to integrate his new boyfriend into his friend circle.
Their Summer of love comes to a screeching halt in a mess of lies and misunderstanding. Left to pick up the pieces of his broken heart after two rounds of grief and betrayal, Edwin spends the next year going through the motions. Everything changes for him, though, when Niko convinces him to join her, Crystal and Charles on a Summer Holiday to Ibiza.
Perhaps things might not be as irreparably broken as he thought they were.
This fic is mostly completed and will update weekly, every Friday!
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The Case of the Antisocial Anime Aficionados by RoseGanymede95
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
15 Sep 2025
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Melanie stared down at her fine leather handbag. “I don’t want him to do something stupid. Like find a way to hurt himself. Or… maybe hurt someone else.”
Ah. Edwin leaned forward on the desk, steepling his fingers. “I see,” he said. “In that case, you are not only looking for our help as investigators. You are also potentially in need of bounty hunters.”
“Of course not!” Melanie exclaimed, bristling. “I’m not asking you to kidnap him at gunpoint! I just want you to find my stupid little brother before he cocks up something serious!”
Edwin shrugged. “Semantics,” he said simply.
The boys take on a case that will be very easy to solve. It will definitely not bring about any unexpected complications or zany hijinks.
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"Do it, " Edwin says.
Charles' stomach sinks.
"Edwin, mate, wait a tick."
"I said, do it."
Both Charles and the doctor just look at Edwin.
He's facing away from them, still laying down. Exposed and vulnerable, relying on Charles to quite literally have his back. This is not fair, it's not fair at all.
"I can't keep running, if I die, then so be it. Just…do it."
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Edwin had told him, about his home planet being destroyed. The Wraith were too advanced, had too big of an advantage in the fight. They wiped his people entirely out of existence and fed on everyone they could snatch. Edwin had suffered enough from that, and then they had realized they couldn't feed from him and they thought it would be fun to make him their little toy. It was sick."Dead Boy Detectives but it's Stargate Atlantis, no prior knowledge about SGA is needed, probably.
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Bury All Your Secrets In My Skin by laylabinx
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
14 Sep 2025
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The boys have very different reactions to learning about each other's scars.
Edwin:
The scars make up everything Charles was before, everything he is today, as intrinsically linked to him as his cricket bat, and because of that, Edwin treats them as if they’re sacred.Charles:
Charles quickly learns that he hates Edwin’s scars because not a single one of them was caused by Edwin himself; every scar on his body was caused by someone who wanted to hurt him intentionally and that alone is enough to make him feel like he’s swallowed glass. -
Your eyes on mine steady across the crossfire by Twoplayergay
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
14 Sep 2025
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Edwin is traumatised. His time in hell haunts him and he struggles to cope. Luckily Charles is there to comfort him.
But when his feelings for Charles start to torment him he becomes withdrawn.
Charles and the gang have to work together to pull him back.
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Found heaven by Loveydovey33
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
11 Sep 2025
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Number five didn't survive the bullets wounds in the barn.but thats OK at least the family is safe.
Funny thing he goes to hell..
Funniest thing ever..he met an English boy who look too good to go to hell.
So Five found a new purpose.
Save the boy
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Simon had never actually seen Edwin be taken by the demon, he had two parallel stories running through his head at all times. He had killed Edwin and doomed him to an eternal suffering or he had only got four other boys killed and Hell was their punishment, Edwin, poor innocent - wouldn’t hurt a fly, book loving - Edwin was spared because demons only came for sinners. In which case, Edwin couldn’t be down here and Hell’s tricks had led him far beyond the confines of his assigned recompense.
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Simon takes Edwin’s offer to escape.
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新聞畫面上，再次得勝的機甲駕駛身著白色笨重的駕駛裝備，帶著羞澀含蓄的微笑，在基地裡接受所有人的歡呼，標題上寫道：「來自英國的人民英雄、最年輕的機甲駕駛」。少年精實的身形幾乎被興奮的人群淹沒，他懷裡抱著白色頭盔，背挺得筆直，姿態優雅得像極剛奪牌的擊劍冠軍，青澀的臉龐洋溢著喜悅；他的搭檔在他隔壁，同樣年少，比 Charles 大不了幾歲，驕傲地抬起手迎向眾人的喝采。
我也想成為他們，Charles 想，駕駛機甲對付兇猛巨獸，保護所有人。環太平洋 Pacific Rim AU！
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Edwin took one of his father's prized classic cars out for a date. A crash leaves Edwin on the side of the road. He calls an auto shop hoping to everything it can be fixed. Enter Charles, ready to do anything for this cute boy with a classic car.
HEY I DID A UPDATE/REWRITE if you were here before July 1, 2025 go back and reread from the beginning a few things have changed <3
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- Part 1 of Mechanic Au
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Raising Edwin's clone was never part of the job description, but Edwin and Charles have been managing (mostly). But now that Henry is a toddler, Edwin suggests that what their little family really needs is a clone of Charles to round them out. Charles is skeptical but he loves Edwin so...why not, right? Lately they're dealing with ancient rituals, ancient beings, unhinged forest creatures, a leaking liminal barrier and a stroppy toddler. What better time to add more chaos into the mix?
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- Part 2 of Parenting in the Afterlife
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St. Hil's Guide To Surviving A Demon Summoning by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero) for ghostinthelibrary
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 Sep 2025
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Everything was supposed to go back to normal after Charles interrupted Simon’s little demon ‘prank’ on Edwin. Except, Edwin can’t sleep without seeing monsters or his classmates dying horrifically, and he is convinced there is something stalking them through the halls of St. Hil’s.
And everything only gets worse when their classmates start disappearing…