lemon with no sugar

love sea, football and cats https://archiveofourown.org/users/lemon_with_no_sugar

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this is how you figuring things out

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“Edwin puts down his rapier and approaches Charles. He gently takes his elbow, showing him how to hold the weapon properly, and sparks fly from the touch. He explains the position of the hands and something else about technique, but Charles doesn’t even try to listen.”

Sometimes fencing lessons can have unexpected and very interesting consequences

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they belong with each other

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"No one in her memory had ever clung so desperately to earthly existence, but these boys looked as if they knew exactly where and with whom they preferred to be."

The Night Nurse comes for the boys to take them to the afterlife, but decides it would be much better to let them stay

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darling, you're safe in my arms

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"Would a person who belongs in hell stay to comfort a dying stranger boy, risking being caught by Death? Would a bad person help other ghosts restore justice and finally be free? Edwin, I know no one braver or kinder than you."

Charles comforting Edwin after returning from hell

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when you're all fucked up, my love, i'll be there to lick your tears

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"Loneliness was always the solution when he was alive. However, in this existence, in the worst times, he was never alone. Edwin was always there"

I don't like how episode 4 ended, so I rewrote the final scene, which is how I would have liked to see it: Charles seeks comfort and support from Edwin instead of Crystal.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

everyone deals with grief in their own way, Edwin writes letters

I'm still sad about how Nico's story ended in the first season, and her friendship with Edwin is very important to me, so I couldn't help but dedicate the little story to it

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"But now in Charles' arms he feels so calm and safe. He wants to spend eternity in these embrace, never again remembering the events of the past months."

Edwin still can't recover from the events of Port-Townsend, Charles offers comforting reading and cuddles

I hope that this story will comfort you in our common sadness about the series cancellation, and I will be very, very grateful for your feedback<3

(part of the fic about Edwin's abandonment issues inspired by this George's Cameo https://x.com/BestPersonIKnw/status/1824473309272215672)