Too Many Cats by perseid_lion
After an accident on a case, the Cat King is split into each of his five lives: Tabby, Brown, Orange, Black and White. The Agency must find a way to put him back together again, while also tracking down a sorcerer who has been slicing ghosts from their spectral energy.
In Between Breaths by makethisusername
He could smell the ocean, feel the sun shining on his face. They were at the beach. Finally a proper date, just like Edwin deserved.
Thomas opened his eyes to see the ghost looking at him with the brightest smile. Edwin framed his face, “There you are.” His thumb swiped over Thomas' cheekbone.
“Here I am,” Thomas murmured, eyes taking in every inch of the face in front of him. He covered the hand on his cheek and brought it to his lips. He landed a kiss to Edwin’s palm, then to the inside of his wrist. Then he nuzzled his cheek into the ghost’s palm again. “I missed you.”
When you catch the light by HeeroTheShiro
It's been 8 months since the events of Port Townsend have brought Edwin Paine to where he is now: back in London, solving mysteries, growing closer to his friends, and forever pining for something he can't have...
Is it even possible to fall out of love with Charles Rowland? Edwin Paine doesn't think so.
However, one day a stray, black cat shows up on the rooftop. Unexpectedly, this feline friend may just offer Edwin what he so desperately needs....
Falling In Love is The Easy Part by Sorion
Edwin is very happy to find a visitor waiting for him in the office of the Dead Boy Detective Agency. Charles has a harder time accepting what follows than expected.
Son of Desire, Friend of Despair by Sorion
Edwin and the Cat King come to an understanding to mutually battle their loneliness.
A taper in a rushing wind by The_Consulting _Werewolf
Edwin Paine, amateur detective, and Thomas King, his assistant solve cases together and maybe fall in love along the way.
Fading Soul (Try Again + Haunt The Earth) by eyeneversleep
The case of Niko Sasaki is reopened. In a desperate attempt to get Niko back and to, certainly not, see him again, Edwin asks the Cat King for assistance. In true Edwin and Dead Boy Detective Agency fashion things do not go according to plan and the script is fiipped but is this their way of starting over? Can Edwin do it all while navigating his newfound feelings and previous affections?
Sometimes it's ok to want something private and all to yourself and when the winds of change arrive it's ok to lean into it. Edwin will learn all of this. Eventually.
I will fall in love with you, over and over again by plutosapphicstay
“You’re a classic, aren’t you?”
Of all the descriptions the Cat King has given Edwin, a classic is not one of them. "I'm not quite sure what you mean."
"It's nothing bad to be, not in the slightest," the Cat King says, earnest. "You appreciate the way things are and the way they were, seeing the beauty in both sides. You probably got a bunch of first editions back home- Oscar Wilde, Allen Poe, all the best of the Lake Poets." He shifts forward on his knees to where Edwin sits, brings himself just an inch closer to the space between his legs. "Think Art Noveau, letters written by candlelight instead typed up in telegrams, dances in ballrooms instead of old clubs.”
The look in his eyes, the admiration, now Edwin sees where it’s familiar. The fascination, from that cursed first night- drawn out by Edwin doing nothing but being himself. “There’s just nothing like you anymore.”
Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another by artemisadore
Edwin is a grad student who is sick of his friends trying to help him get over his crush on Charles by setting him up on dates. Thomas is hellbent on destroying his cheating ex's car right outside Edwin's window. And Edwin is having none of it...until he learns that Thomas' ex is actually Simon, his first-boyfriend-turned-bully.
Edwin needs a fake boyfriend. Thomas needs an alibi. What could possibly go wrong?
The smoke clears when you're around by KissMyAsthma
"I think I love you," Thomas said, his voice earnest and his eyes sparkling with emotion.
"Oh." Edwin sat down, and paled slightly.
Thomas and Edwin go on a hike.
Thomas had something to tell his boyfriend… But the reaction to his confession is slightly unexpected.
The Truth Will Set You Free... Or something like that by Dramaduchess
When fate decides to force the Cat King and a Edwin into close proximity with each other, tensions start to run high. Will they be stuck like this forever? Or will the truth set them free?