Pinned
Edwin takes a large sip of the wine. It’s not good — too dry even for his tastes and not rich enough to balance it out. He forces it down anyway, almost relishes in the bitterness. His gripe with the situation is as follows: It has been good. Better, even, than he ever imagined, or could have imagined that first morning. Charles has been an absolute delight — bringing him flowers and taking him out and worming his way into every little nook of Edwin's life. He can scarcely go more than twenty minutes without thinking of Charles, pining away like some 19th century heroine. The sex, as promised, is spectacular. They can’t keep their hands off each other, tumbling into bed whenever they meet up. Most importantly, Edwin has been good. He’s kept a lid on his more eccentric side, pushing down the shards of ice that are permanently nestled inside his lungs and chiselling away at the rough edges of his outline. Maybe he was naïve to think he could do this. He was never able to before.
Edwin's and Charles' growing relationship, told in 6 prayers and 6 hymns, featuring grappling with past relationships, family, growing pains, and lots of laughter.
☾・☀︎・☽
read the morning after au sequel on ao3:
#it's finally hereeeeeeeeeeee#i literally cannot wait for people to read this i've been waiting to share this for so LONG#kind of going crazy here haha#morning after au#dbda#dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives agency#payneland#paineland#chedwin#edwin payne#edwin paine#charles rowland#edwin payne x charles rowland#dbda fanfic#dbda fic#payneland fic#cosmo creates
