Niko And The Song Cure For Me By Aurora.

CHARLES!!???

right who sent these quotes onto my homepage (thank you)

Trista Mateer, from "Aphrodite Made Me Do It," originally published in 2024

Source: merletails

Charles looking at Edwin (favorite moments only because there is an image limit)

Bonus 2 because I find them kinda funny

I don't even really think he's checking out Edwin in the last one but it'd be hilarious if he went all victorian lady over Edwin taking off a COAT

Edwin version

Overwhelmed by the thought that dbda may end one day. No more hope for any more seasons or episodes.

Like just the thought of DBDA finishing is so sjakabakakoansbakoqldnbdjsjsnsnnsn I genuinely cannot imagine it stopping.

I WANT IT TO CONTINUE TILL THE DAY I DIE. I WANT TO BE ON MY DEATHBED, WATCHING SEASON 30 FINALE.

I don't care if after season 4 ish the rest of the episodes are 2 minute long unreleased bloopers, I just need more payneland.

So respectfully, Netflix, RENEW DBDA

Guys if you've read up to here congrats on reaching the end of my dbda love letter/rant

really butters my toast 😔

ugh! that really grills my cheese. i mean, that just really presses my panini, you know?

I love this so much you don't understand. I need this in season 2, I need a season 2 agwheghdvdvsv

Hear me out

Payneland first kiss

But it's a reunion kiss

They get separated while on a case

Charles almost gets into trouble and realizes how much he needs Edwin by his side

Edwin almost hurts himself due to Charles not being there to protect him

So imagine this

The 2 finally find a mirror after so long

Walk through it

See each other

And practically sprint into one another's arms

They hug each other tightly, desperate to feel something (Since it's canon that thwy can othet feel each other and othet ghosts)

Charles pulls away, cups Edwins cheeks, and pulls him into a kiss

Edwin is surprised at first, but eases up and confusingly places his hands on Charles' shoulder

This wasn't his first kiss, Monty had taken that previlage, but this felt different

Cat King commented on how the 2nd kiss is the best kiss, and his was technically Edwins 2nd kiss. So mayhaps it's that?

Or maybe it's because it's his best mate, and not some damn crow that's kissing him

Or maybe it's because it's one of the only sensations he has felt for a while

Or maybe, just maybe, it's because it's Charles doing it

Whatever reason, this kiss with Charles feels different.

They haven't really discussed anything about the confession in Hell, or anything remotely romantic here in London. Only on that rooftop in Port Townsend. Where Charles had reassured him that nothing has changed between them

But what about now? I mean, their lips were finally together. This is what Edwin wanted

But he still needs to hear Charles say it

Edwin pulls away and stares into Charles' eyes

"Say it."

"What?"

"Say the thing"

"What thing, mate?"

"Say the thing that reassures me that that.." He wildly gestures the kiss "Was real. That you didn't do that out of desperation to feel something"

Charles pauses and realizes what his beat mate is saying. He wasn't sure how to say it, but, that kiss wasn't out of desperation

It was out of realization

The realization that he wanted Edwin to be his partner in every sense of the word. The realization that he wanted to be there for Edwin, and Edwin to be there for him. Tge realization that they're stuck together for eternity, as long as they don't go to the afterlife. Which luckily... They won't

Charles grabs Edwins cheeks and pulls him into another kiss. Edwin kisses back. It's finally happening. Right?

"I love you, Edwin Payne"

"I love you in every sense of the phrase"

Confirmed: rare sightings of Monty being super silly ™ (just very precious)

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

this is just part 1. Yes. There's more. There's a lot. I almost died. But my brain wouldn't leave me alone part 2