on brothers and everything in between

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• the shaping of a proper man by Anonymous

  Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  16 Feb 2025

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  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
  • Edwin Paine's Father | Edwin Payne's Father
  • edwin payne's 100 percent canon brother
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Child Neglect
  • Angst
  • POV Outsider
  • disclaimer author is not british nor edwardian nor a historian
  • no beta we die like charles and edwin and niko and
  • written at 4am on a whim
  • Character Study
  • Sort Of

  Summary

  Theodore Payne thinks he loved his brother. He tried to, at least.

  Series

  • Part 1 of on brothers and everything in between

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,047

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  98

  Bookmarks:

  14

  Hits:

  594

• For Lingering Youth by Anonymous

  Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  20 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • edwin payne & edwin payne's brother
  • edwin payne & edwin payne's father (mentioned)
  • edwin payne & charles rowland (mentioned)
  • Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne
  • edwin payne's real and canon brother
  • Edwin Paine's Father | Edwin Payne's Father
  • Character Study
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • edwin's strange and weird relationship with his life
  • no beta we die like everyone in this show
  • edwin younger brother agenda
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Family Reunions
  • (upsetting)
  • i am not a homosexual british man from the edwardian period so mb

  Summary

  Edwin visits his abandoned family home, only to find it not quite as abandoned as he thought. This is upsetting for multiple reasons.

  Series

  • Part 2 of on brothers and everything in between

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,178

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  1

  Kudos:

  45

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  245