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Object: cardboard shoe box, pilfered from Crystal's overflowing wardrobe; location: the London office, on top of their desk; box contents: several labeled cassette tapes enclosed in plastic cases, along with a handwritten note in perfect script; note contents: "Dead Boy Detective Agency - Recorded explanation for my unannounced absence is enclosed. Sincerely yours, Edwin Payne" | Or, the fic where Edwin no longer wants to exist and seeks to make that reality. Inspired by Thirteen Reasons Why, knowledge of series canon not required.
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- Part 1 of the case of the black spout
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your hangman hands have got me cold by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
31 Jan 2023
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At this rate, Carlos's hair was going to turn entirely gray by the time he reached thirty. // Writing prompt: "Please calm down, you're going to make yourself sick."
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- Part 7 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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in the hearts of men / in the arms of mothers by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
30 Jan 2023
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Once the initial shock of Carlos's secret wore off, TK began to worry about what it meant for his interactions with Carlos's family. Good thing Andrea was there to set him straight.
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- Part 6 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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better men have hit their knees & bigger men have died by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
29 Jan 2023
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When TK and Carlos hosted another celebration of their engagement so more of their friends and family could attend this time, they didn't expect Gabriel and Judd to get into a pissing match when they stepped out to pick up the food.
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- Part 5 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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running down to the riptide; taken away by the dark side by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
28 Jan 2023
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Of all the answers Carlos was expecting when he asked the question, it wasn't exactly this. // Writing prompt: "Hey TK, how did you end up with a fish tank anyway?" Oneshot, exactly 3k words.
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- Part 4 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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Written to a (long ago, now) kinkmeme prompt: Charles touches a cursed object that allows him to hear Edwin's thoughts. At first he was going to tell Edwin immediately, but then he hears the loving things Edwin thinks about him, and he just wants to listen for a few days because he's never heard someone "say" things like that about him.
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He heard Edwin’s rich and affectionate chuckle, not out loud but in his mind, and realized all at once how aggressively he was fidgeting, the couch beneath him rattling. He jerked to a stop, making an embarrassed face and wondering if he should apologize for being so distracting when Edwin was trying to work.But, there goes the hummingbird, thought Edwin, a quick and simple phrase wrapped in a hundred soft layers of affection. Charles sat still, feeling his partner’s fond thoughts more than hearing them.
But it was more than just fondness, or even love–it was comfort Edwin was exuding. A gentle, abiding, and complete familiarity, the kind that brings safety and healing. It was hearth, bread, and blanket.
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02 Nov 2025
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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...Bookmarked by gremlininthemachine
29 Oct 2025
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Small and Fluffy and Thinking About Murder by muirgen_lys for ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero), quietdetective, Sage_Owl, paraph, handwrittenhello
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
13 Oct 2025
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Crystal hates her roommates cat. It's not just that he savaged her the first time she tried to pick him up, or that he watches her as she moves around the flat, or that she knows from the bottom of her soul that if Charles had to decide whether to keep Crystal or the cat she'd be out without a moment's hesitation. It's how obviously and unapologetically Edwin hated her first, from the moment he saw her.
He hates her, right?
So why is he planting himself between her and David like a tiny kitty bodyguard?
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- Part 1 of Kitty Edwin fics
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15 Oct 2025
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towards the sea (yearning for contact) by Sage_Owl for ahyperactivehero (ahyperactiverhero)
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
12 Oct 2025
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Charles Rowland has a better-than-usual day.
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14 Oct 2025
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A hunting trip. A bad feeling. An ambush.
An arrow, straight through the chest.
Merlin is dead. Until he isn’t.
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07 Oct 2025