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• Forged In Hell, Tempered In Love by IsekaiMeCaptain

  Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Underage Sex
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  11 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • Underage Sex
  • Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
  • Crystal Palace/Charles Rowland (DCU)
  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
  • Charles Rowland (DCU)
  • Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives)
  • Niko Sasaki
  • Cats - Character
  • Jenny Green (Dead Boy Detectives)
  • Cat King Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
  • Protective Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives)
  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Needs a Hug
  • Flirting
  • Awkward Flirting
  • Slow Burn
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Panic Attacks
  • Gay Panic
  • Humans being complicated
  • Magic

  Summary

  Edwin Paine is a lot of things, but above all, he’s trying to be a Good Friend. Even if that means watching his best friend that he’s in love with romance someone else. Still, that doesn’t mean he literally wants to watch them together. If only there was someone to distract him during all these hours of new-found loneliness?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  34,319

  Chapters:

  17/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

  364

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