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To Memory Now I Can't Recall by engineering_madonna
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Sandman (TV 2022)
13 Oct 2024
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"Don't ever let me forget this, he'd pray to whoever may or may not be listening, let me keep just this bit."
An accident while investigating a series of deaths linked to a dangerous memory elixir leads to Edwin losing the last five years of his memory, including his relationship with Charles. As Charles does his best to juggle his boyfriend turned best friend again and solving the case, it becomes apparent that this is now a race against time.
Featuring: Charles suffering, amnesiac Edwin, the whole crew coming together to save the day, and a kiddy pool portal that is not at all embarrassing to stand in
Title from the song "The Parting Glass"
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- Part 3 of Forever Isn't Long At All
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21 Feb 2026
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I Turned Back One Last Time (just to prove you were there) by isnt_that_wizard
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
10 Jun 2024
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Since they'd fallen out of hell, the Night Nurse slamming the door on the awful baby doll demon behind them, Charles had been itching to touch Edwin. And it wasn't like his usual touch-oriented personality just wishing to have some sort of contact. He could control that easily enough after all this time.
No, this was something different.
This felt like a desperation. A need to be in Edwin's personal space, to keep his hands on him. He wanted to wrap his best friend in a hug and never let go, he wanted to sit as close as possible as they heard a new case. He wanted to take Niko’s place as she grabbed Edwin's hand to drag him to watch another one of her shows. He wanted to tuck Edwin against him as they sat on the couch. He would wrap an arm around Crystal and wish it was Edwin, who was merely across the room.
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After Hell, Charles is terrified of letting Edwin out of his reach for fear that he might get taken away again. He is, of course, being very subtle in his attempts to keep Edwin close.
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a series of moments when charles can't stop touching edwin to remind himself that he's real and safe, until it all finally catches up to him and he snaps
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17 Feb 2026
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Who knew undercover work could be so fun? by SpottyAnn
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
08 Nov 2024
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Edwin and Charles go undercover at a supernatural club to catch a suspect. Smutty shenanigans ensue to keep their cover from being blown.
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15 Feb 2026
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"Hold on, you think I'd turn?" Charles demands.
"Every ghost has a unique trigger, and I can't say I wasn't a little concerned on a few occasions in Port Townsend. Then, with that same look in your eyes just now…"
Edwin isn't wrong; it's not like Charles hadn't been thinking the same thing. But he shakes his head and attempts a comforting grin--Edwin's got too much on his plate to waste time worrying about the one person who's supposed to look out for him. "Don't worry, mate, I'm aces. So how do we find this demonic arsehole?"
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All ghosts are capable of turning vengeful. When their quarry is revealed to be a demon from Edwin's past, Charles and Edwin learn something important about their own personal triggers.
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- Part 6 of Dead Boy Detectives
- Part 1 of Demonic Reckonings
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13 Feb 2026
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Jump Start the Battery by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
05 Aug 2024
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Edwin overdoes it with a spell, nearly depleting his spectral energy in the process. Charles, of course, can't let that happen.
Written for Day 1 of Painlandweek- Love Language/ Sick Fic
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- Part 1 of Painland Week 2024
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- English
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11 Feb 2026
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Charles finds himself in Edwin's personal space after a flustering conversation. And, of course, things escalate quickly.
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05 Feb 2026
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if you want to use me (i could be your puppet) by ObsessedWithFandom
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
18 Nov 2025
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Charles’ voice is casual when he asks, “What was all that about, mate? When you froze her up and saved my neck?”
Edwin freezes up himself, eyes going enormous, looking more like the hunted than the hunter. But he doesn’t run, like in the early years, and he doesn’t pretend not to hear, like when he just started trusting Charles not to push. It’s progress. “I, ah… Well, I enthralled her, if you must know. Only a minor one, without the exchange of blood, but enough to follow the commands I gave for the rest of her life.”Or: Charles finds out about the vampiric ability his best mate’s been hiding.
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05 Feb 2026
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Séances and Summonings (and Screaming) by ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
11 Feb 2025
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Charles is doing fine after Port Townsend. Sure, he can't let his friend out of his sight without hearing him scream, but that's not a problem. He just won't let him out of his sight.
At least, that was the plan before someone summoned Edwin away right in front of him.
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01 Feb 2026
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Edwins' screams mulled Charles' soul into pieces. He was unable to reach him, the iron collar a burning reminder carving his skin with the guilt. No matter how much he struggled against the choker, no matter how many threats were shouted, he couldn't stop Edwin’s tortured wails.
He would make that witch pay.
He would make everything alright.
or the events from the last episode written slightly different– more violent and sentimental– and the aftermath while comforting away some deep scars.
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26 Jan 2026
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An encounter with an enchanted puzzle box locks up most of Charles’ memories and leaves him thinking he and Edwin are in love. With a recipe from Tragic Mick for a potion to counteract the spell and strict instructions to go along with Charles' delusions, all Edwin has to do is keep up the ruse for three days. He can make it three days. Right?
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26 Jan 2026
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“You called me ‘love.’”
“Yeah. Yeah, I did,” Charles says with a wry smile. “I figured, you're always complaining about me calling you mate, especially after we've been making out, so I thought I'd give it a go.”
Before Crystal, before Niko, Edwin might have taken that answer at face value. Well, to be more precise, Edwin and Charles would never be having this conversation in the first place.
Instead, he recognizes the attempt at humor for the deflection it is and asks, “Why?”
Before Port Townsend, Charles might have protested that he’d just explained why, you numpty. But today he says simply, “I wanted to.”
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26 Jan 2026
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When Ted falls off a ladder working on the house in 2015 and hits his head, he wakes up with a most egregious side effect - he doesn't remember anything after the 1991 Battle of the Bands. And there's a lot it seems like he's missing. He and Bill have daughters, and a big shared house - but Liz and Jo are nowhere to be seen. So why is Ted wearing a wedding ring? And why does Bill act so weird when Ted brings them up? Bogus.
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09 Jan 2026
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Being Gay in the Modern World: A guide for the contemporary homosexual by cockslut3000
Fandoms: Bill & Ted (Movies)
08 Jun 2019
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Bill and Ted have always had feelings for each other; they both just need a bit of a push in order to realize it.
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08 Jan 2026
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Billy clearly won round one. Steve doesn't want to give him a shot at round two. Or does he?
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29 Dec 2025
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Billy needs to feed, and he only wants Steve. Steve finally says yes.
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21 Dec 2025
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Steve stays at the Motel 6 for the rest of the night before checking out the next morning. He goes to his car and grabs his rumpled Scoops uniform from the backseat.
Billy never shows, and Steve’s going to be late for work.
(Season 3 rewrite with established Harringrove but Flayed Billy)
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- Part 2 of the sea
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- 10/10
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12 Dec 2025
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It used to just be David and Max, Sire and Childe, but that all changed one summer evening in London.
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16 Nov 2025
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A collection of blurbs (with a vague hint of transversal plot) about the boys' night activities before and after Michael joins the picture.
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15 Nov 2025
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when reality hits you like a brick (stem the bleeding and hope for the best) by Pure_Night_Fury
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
30 Jan 2024
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Never before had Yuuji feared Gojo.
But then again, never before had Gojo seemed so Godly.
In which Yuuji comes to learn the difference between the love for a student and the love for a son- Language:
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13 Nov 2025
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The tale of how the baddest boys of Santa Carla got banned from the Boardwalk.
(C/W: Two of the lads have an encounter with some bigots. But don’t worry, they get ate.)Bookmarked by justagrumpynerd
07 Nov 2025