1 - 20 of 356 Works in Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Crystal Palace & Charles Rowland
Navigation
Listing Works
-
Tags
Summary
The story begins after episode 8. Edwin meets the Cat King again, and Charles is targeted by the Night Nurse.
-
Tags
-
The great 'methinks I see my father's ghost' debacle of 2026 by Venus_Flower_Basket
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (TV)
06 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
When the dead boy detectives new client requests that they work with the private investigators hired to solve death, Crystal and the boys find themselves suddenly hurled into the city of Stratford Upon Avon, and are forced to work alongside the rather chaotic Lu Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway, along with a young man named Sebastian Brudenell.... one of whom Charles seems to have met before.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 390
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Kudos:
- 2
- Hits:
- 19
-
i think you'll be good to me, and i'd try my best to be good to you by quietdetective for makemeimmortalwithahug
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
01 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
Four teenagers (even if two are about forty years old when you factor in time on earth) are not really the pinnacles of mental health awareness, boundaries, and how to apologize.
They always try their best though.
4 Times the Dead Boy Detectives (plus two living girls) trigger each other accidentally, plus the times they helped each other recover.
-
Tags
Summary
In 1925, Alice Payne, youngest of the infamous family; went missing and was never found. Her eldest sister and last surviving member of the family; Marjorie Payne, donated the writings of Alice, as she was the only one in the family who kept a record of the bizarre events that occurred from 1916 to 1925. The following texts have been reviewed and compiled in chronological order, starting in 1913, when Alice was 7.
-
Tags
Summary
The Dead Boy Detective Agency has returned to London and are busier than ever, but Crystal is struggling to function as a regular human after regaining her memories and losing Niko. But time doesn't seem to be willing to wait for her: there's cases to solve, high school to deal with, annoyingly loving friends (both new and old), and a school group project that has Crystal wondering if there's a way to have Niko in their lives again. On top of all that, Crystal's psychic abilities and well being seem to be struggling, possibly because there's a demon trapped in her mind...
AKA there are NOT ENOUGH fics exploring Crystal's potential so I'm making my dream a reality!!
-
To See My Love Reflected In Your Eyes by muirgen_lys for Safr2n
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
01 May 2026
Tags
Summary
Edwin does not need Charles to love him back. He had confessed his love knowing it would likely not be returned. He had hoped, of course, but he did not need it. He has had thirty years of Charles' friendship and protection and clever wits and brilliant smiles, without anything romantic about it, and has seen more than his share of Charles flirting with every pretty face that comes their way. It shouldn't burn any more now, just because Edwin knows his own feelings.
It does though. God it does.
-
Tags
Summary
When the boys finally settle back into their office in London, Edwin decides to process his feelings for Monty by knitting him a jumper.
-
Tags
Summary
The boys and Crystal are back in London, solving cases and navigating life and death.
- Each chapter can be read independently.
-
Tags
Summary
Uni at St. Hilarion’s was nothing like Charles Rowland had planned.
His roommate is a werewolf, his co-worker at the coffee shop is psychic…
and, oh yeah, he had recently killed a bloke.
Charles now finds himself in a whirlwind of a second term, trying to navigate his past, his present, and all the feelings they have unraveled in regards to his future. Particularly involving one Edwin Payne.
((aka a University/Coffee Shop/Werewolf AU that somehow meshes together))
Series
-
The Case of the Child, Number Six by PersonThingy
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Umbrella Academy (TV), The Umbrella Academy (Comics), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
04 Apr 2026
Tags
Summary
The Dead Boy Detectives & Co. accepted a case from Ben Hargreeves and Klaus Hargreeves.
However, as they investigate the incident they slowly learn the horrifying truth of what happened the day Ben Hargreeves died.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,694
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Kudos:
- 2
- Hits:
- 36
-
Tags
Summary
“You okay?” a voice asked, and Crystal turned to find a boy next to her, looking at her with concern.
For a brief moment she wondered what it might be like to be the sort of girl who could let herself get chatted up by a cute boy. To be a regular seventeen year old who could have a fun little fling, maybe even indulge in the kind of fluffy relationship that you saw in teen dramas…
Except she had never been that sort of girl. The last boy she had kissed had been a ghost. The one before that, a demon.
So yeah, the likelihood of a cute teen romance was basically nil.
~
OR: Crystal deserves good things, so I decided to give her a boyfriend. However, what started out as a single, fun idea became a sprawling story, delving into all her issues and then some… And she does get that teen romance, it’s just a bit more unusual.
-
The Inconvenient Downpour Debacle by QuintessentialShip
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
23 Mar 2026
Tags
Summary
It’s raining. Inside the office. Edwin is irritated. Crystal is irritated. Charles is just happy to be spending time with his two favorite people.
This is just a very silly little fic! Enjoy!
-
The Inherent Horror of Having a Body by engineering_madonna
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
15 Mar 2026
Tags
Summary
"In life, and in death in Charles' case, he's found that there is a certain rose tinted glasses aspect to hindsight. The places are always bigger, the food better, and you tend to forget the little frustrations that occurred along the way. The rough edges of existence are sanded away until what you have is an idealized version of how things used to be... He was starting to think they weren't actually worth the 35 years of pining now as he violently vomited into the barely functional toilet of their office. The warm hand on his back was nice, but the acid currently coating his esophagus mostly negated the pleasantness. Charles hated to admit it, hot blood flowing through his veins for the first time in three decades, but Edwin might have had a point."
While trying to get Niko back, the spell backfires and now the boys have bodies again...and it's awful. Turns out being sixteen forever is way worse when the sweat, bodily functions, hormones, and uncomfortably timed boners are part of the deal.
-
Tags
Summary
5 times Edwin tries to protect and look after his friends, and 1 time they do the same for him.
-
Tags
Summary
“It can wait until tomorrow, Charles, the case - ”
“Is over, and you’ve been making that argument every day for the last month. It’s been seven, Edwin, you’re a month late, we’re doing it now.”
“I really don’t feel that’s necessary,” Edwin said as he phased through the door, and Crystal heard the stiffness in it even before she could see his face. The face was all tight, and Charles’s was, too, as he followed Edwin through, although Charles was trying to cover it by looking confident and firm.(Edwin tries to avoid unpleasant-but-necessary medical care, Charles has to fill a role he does not enjoy, and Crystal may, somehow, not entirely against her will, be getting roped in as a platonic third to Charles and Edwin's totally-not-a-decades-long-marriage.)
-
Tags
Summary
A Deadboys detectives fic.
Trying to restart my writing motivation with Christmas fics, so let me know what couple's you want to see in particular.Charles Rowland x Edwin Paine.
CW: some swearing. Fast-burn. Soft kissing.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,432
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 8
- Hits:
- 106
-
Tags
Summary
As Edwin is moving through the grief of losing Niko (a bit differently than the rest), Charles tries to understand his feelings about himself and especially for his friend of thirty-plus years.
-------
This is a soft, angsty and slow but cute read about these two because the end of the tv show pissed me off (they kinda killed off Niko?!?!?) and I though I was over it but here I am in the big 2026 writing my first fic for them, so enjoy. I don't know how many chapters I'm gonna write in total but if I write 3 I'll be proud of myself.
I want to make a quick psa: I have NOT read the books/comics so I have no idea what's supposed to be canon. So I'm just starting after where season 1 left us so yeah :)
After that I'm taking the story where it goes based off of vibes and where it should be (Charles confessing back to Edwin and them kissing and being happy little ghosts forever YAY). I fear this is too long and I don't really know if the fandom is still active or not but honestly I'm writing this for me. -
Tags
Summary
The dead detective boys agency quickly became popular, now they have to deal with their crazy fans.
-
Everything I Used To Love (Decayed Over The Years) by NotThatPerseus
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
10 Feb 2026
Tags
Summary
Edwin and Crystal get to sit down and discuss some ghost things. Crystal walks away with a lot more perspective and knowledge of old books than she had before
AKA: Author loves writing Charles angst so he must suffer yet again