#payneland

[spaceeeecadet]

I drew them from episode 1

[antichrists-plus1]

Chapter 4 out now!!

Chapters: 4/8 Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland Characters: Charles Rowland (DCU), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Crystal Palace (DCU), Niko Sasaki, Jenny Green (Dead Boy Detectives), Monty (Dead Boy Detectives), Esther Finch, Sa'al the Demon (Dead Boy Detectives) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - 19th Century, Horror, Body Horror, Science Fiction, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Non-Sexual Nudity, Sharing a Bed, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Needs a Hug, Charles Rowland Needs a Hug (DCU), Codependency, Disability, Protective Charles Rowland (DCU), Undead Edwin Payne, Hurt/Comfort, Character Death, I pinky promise there's a happy ending Summary:

It's dead quiet in the room as Charles searches for something less horrifying to distract himself with. So quiet that he notices the faint drag of a wooden frame.

He turns, and catches the corpse he just dug up trying to escape out the window.

Charles screams.

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Working as a body snatcher in the early 19th century, Charles digs up the body of a familiar boy, who he discovers may not be as dead as he seems.

[the-cryptid-fox-who-eats-rocks]

"Autism/ADHD character dynamic" and it's just Calm AuDHD and Chaotic AuDHD

This isn't a Serious Issue, I just think it's funny /srs

This post was made with these specific couples in mind, but applies to many ships:

-Payneland (DBDA)

-Kagehina (Haikyuu)

-Idk if they have a ship name but Amy/Jake in B99

-Catradora (She-Ra)

-Lumity (TOH)

This is super not biased and the universal truth for these characters btw /j

[bitterdesert]

chase the shadows away

chapter 6: pushing through the darkness

Rating: M

Chapter Length: 6k

Relationships: Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

Characters: Charles Rowland, Edwin Payne

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Everybody Lives, 1990s, Sharing a Bed, Canon-Typical Violence, Mystery, Blood and Injury, Supernatural Elements, Magic, Getting Together, Idiots in Love, Eventual Smut, Hurt/Comfort, testing the limits of codependence, part-time inkeeper and part-time detective charles and edwin

Charles really didn’t have a good feeling about this. About two hours ago, he’d been awoken by Edwin’s vice-like grip around his wrist. When Edwin moved to bolt, he hadn’t loosened his grip like usual. Instead he’d dragged Charles along, muttering something about seeing the way out. In his experience, that indicated a shorter episode. His Edwin tended to be just underneath the surface in those ones, all it took was a gentle nudge in the right direction to remind him.

[between2waves]

✨ I was a rebel, but I had a cause // 'Til you came to town, pushed me around // And showed me what love was ✨

For @painlandweek, Day 7: Free Day. Threw it together quickly for the final day because the song fit them so well!

[homo-not3rectus]

I NEED THE ENTIRE DEAD BOY DETECTIVES FANDOM TO UNDERSTAND THAT EDWIN PAYNE IS A TEENAGE BOY. HE IS 16. HE IS NOT A GROWN MAN. DO NOT SHIP WITH HIM ADULTS. *cough* *cough* cat king *cough* *cough*

[megs-bee]

Fic: If every path leads to ruin, then I hope you’re the reason I crawl

Payneland Week fic #2 posted for the final Free Day! @painlandweek

Please enjoy this Alive Boys AU that got it's claws into me two months ago and refused to be the short handful of scenes I originally envisioned.

If every path leads to ruin, then I hope you’re the reason I crawl

Chapters: 1/1 (13412 words) by megs_bee Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV) Rating: Teen Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland Tags: Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alive AU, Sickfic, Hospitals, Panic Attacks, Running Away, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Needs a Hug, Charles Rowland Needs a Hug (DCU), Canon-Typical Violence, mentioned - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting

Summary: The first time Charles woke up, he thought he was seeing a ghost. A soft, posh voice was speaking to him, steady cadence and barely loud enough to be heard over other strange sounds Charles couldn’t place.

There was that voice, though. He doesn’t recognize it, but it sounds… Charles tried again to open his eyes. After what felt like ages he managed to crack his lids enough to glimpse an unfamiliar room, dimly lit and full of machines he couldn’t identify.

Then he sees the boy, curled in a chair with his legs pulled up and a book propped on his knees. He’s too pale and his hair’s all tidy and it looks like he’s wearing just his long underwear or something which is a bit odd. He’s reading out loud, sounding calm and steady, but something about him still seems scared. Like he’s ready to rabbit out of the room at the slightest noise.

Ghost boy, Charles thinks in the second before his eyes close and everything falls away.

Read On Ao3

[khorazir]

Day 7 of @painlandweek 2026: Free Day

Looks like the boys got hold of the ghost camera ...

Photo #7: This camera is brills! And Edwin looks so bloody fit!

Photo #8: Not as fit as you, my darling. Beautiful as always!