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  1. Public Bookmark 43

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    “Thanks,” Charles said, quietly.

    “It’s just a shirt,” Edwin muttered, though it wasn’t really what he meant.

    He ducked his head, suddenly unable to stand the sight at all: Charles, with exhaustion written into the cut-glass lines of his features and pain in the stiffness of his back and still he managed to look at Edwin with gratitude for handing over a fucking t-shirt.

    Something was burning inside him, deep in the recesses of his chest, something protective and furious, that made him want to wrap Charles up in his arms - and in a t-shirt and his maroon jacket with the red plaid lining and his new black coat with its steadily-growing collection of lapel pins and maybe a blanket on top of that, and bundle him away somewhere that he would never be cold or hurt again. Somewhere Charles could be safe; maybe somewhere they both could.
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    devastating domestic au strikes again: the boys are alive together late 90s/early 2000s, they talk in circles around trauma, go to a party, fight off the horrors to protect each other, and Edwin comes up with the plan

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    11 May 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 22

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    Edwin has a panic attack on a case. Crystal is the only one there to help, even though she has no idea what's going on.

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    05 Jan 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 20

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    Kindergarten AU that no one asked for but we did it anyway.
    (A compilation of doodles as shared on tumblr and twitter.)

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    03 Jan 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 12

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    As they sat once more, Edwin realised, with dismay, that Rowland had filled in the usually empty seat next to him. His general aura of dandyism, reclusiveness, and slight insanity had rendered him an unsuitable seatmate by most of the class.

    Rowland stuck out a hand. “Charles Rowland.”

    I know. “Payne,” he said, and returned the handshake.

    “And I don’t suppose public school boys have a first name?”

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    Or: If Edwin and Charles were both alive at St. Hilarion's in the 1910s.

    **ON HIATUS**

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    02 Jan 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Edwin's teeth are worrying at his lower lip. He's staring up at Charles under lashes like he's nervous about looking directly. If he could be less pretty, Charles would almost appreciate it.

    Edwin is pressing his fists together.

    "Mate, what's got you so worked up?" Charles says, almost snappish with exasperation.

    "It does seem a little, permanent, don't you think?"

    Charles glances at his rough sketched design of their door sign: Dead Boy Detectives.

    "Yeah, I think it bloody does."

    Or, 1990, their first year together. They set up a business. Charles navigates his loss. Edwin has a panic attack. Charles falls in love. And they go to the cinema. Not in that order. Follows on from "We Didn't Matter, He and I".

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    26 Dec 2024