by laylabinx
The boys have very different reactions to learning about each other's scars.
Edwin: The scars make up everything Charles was before, everything he is today, as intrinsically linked to him as his cricket bat, and because of that, Edwin treats them as if they’re sacred.
Charles: Charles quickly learns that he hates Edwin’s scars because not a single one of them was caused by Edwin himself; every scar on his body was caused by someone who wanted to hurt him intentionally and that alone is enough to make him feel like he’s swallowed glass.
Words: 30,652, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU)
Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Feels, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Scars, Blood and Injury, Child Abuse, Canonical Child Abuse, Bullying, Child Neglect, mentions of torture, Crying, Holding Hands, Past Trauma, Past Torture, Hurt Charles Rowland (DCU), Hurt Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland Whump (DCU), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Whump, BAMF Charles Rowland, BAMF Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Loves Charles Rowland, Charles Rowland Loves Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, mental scars, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Protective Charles Rowland (DCU), Protective Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, They will literally tear the world apart for each other and I think that's beautiful, i'm not crying you're crying, Period-Typical Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Psychological Trauma, Psychological Torture, blood letting, Period-Typical Medical Treatments, Childhood Friends
