Screenshot of AO3 in Dark Mode: Love Takes Off The Masks by Black Crystal Dragon. Summary: When Crystal and Niko make plans to watch London’s Pride Parade, Edwin is disappointed he will not be able to join them — until Charles finds a solution. But going along to the parade isn’t just a celebration of Pride, and sparks some realisations that Charles can no longer ignore. An extract in italics: Charles grinned at him and leaned in close across Crystal’s two-person sofa so Edwin would hear him over the music as he said, “Putting the two of us to shame, aren’t they? Feel like we should’ve dressed up.” “It’s not too late for you boys to change into something fabulous!” Crystal pointed out from her perch on the coffee table, where Niko was putting the finishing touches to her make-up. “Nah,” Charles scoffed, but there was a hesitation before he spoke, and a deflated quality to the edges of his smile. “I don’t think it’d suit me.” “I think you’d be surprised,” Crystal said.
Screenshot of AO3 in Dark Mode showing a fic's statistics, including tags. It reads: Rating: General Audiences. Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply. Category: M/M. Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV). Relationship: Edwin Payne / Charles Rowland Characters: Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland, Crystal Palace, Niko Sasaki Additional Tags: Pride, Pride Parades, Ghost Disguises, Magic, Spells & Enchantments, Charles Rowland Has a Bisexual Awakening (DCU), Bisexuality, Bisexual Male Character, Feelings Realization, Love Confessions, Getting Together, Photographs, various staples of Pride Parades, Drag Queens, Humor, Fluff, Fluff and Humor, First Kiss, Kissing, bending the rules of Ghost Disguises probably to breaking point, Podfic Welcome, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Canon-typical swearing Language: English Published: 2025-06-30. Words: 11,655. Chapters 1/1.
Happy end of Pride Month #DeadBoyDetectives fandom! 🏳️🌈 I come bearing thematically-appropriate fic:
Love Takes Off The Masks (Charles/Edwin), in which the core four attend London's Pride Parade:
archiveofourown.org/works/67045882
#SaveDeadBoyDetectives #LoveRequiresNoLogic
