#charwin

[majorlb]

Because of a spell misshap, Edwin shrinks to about the size of a barbie (a little shorter)

This is annoying to him, but Charles is stressed the fuck out. What if he misplaces Edwin? What if he falls through a hole in the floor and can't get back up to their office and Charles doesn't notice until much later? WHAT IF SOMETHING EATS HIM?!

Crystals' suggestion is that they just put out a tarp or something so that Edwin can't fall though the floor.

Niko suggests a Barbie house.

Charles protests that idea so loudly that no one even hears Edwins' response. (he keeps thinking about the dollhouse. Edwin did as well, so he's glad that Charles is so vocal about it)

And then he has to pivot really fast as to not make Niko upset, he did yell at her, accidentally.

The dandelion sprites are very loudly complaining about the unfair treatment of small-sized creatures in this place. Kingham yells that it's racist. Litty calls him an idiot, and that it's obviously species-st. At which point they start cursing at each other instead.

Charles solution to the problem is to just.... carry Edwin around at all times unless he's at the desk. He holds him gently with two hands to support him. He puts him in his coat pocket on one occasion to have his hands free.

He does, on several occasions, call Edwin cute.

Edwin is secretly a little upset when he reverts back to his original size, having had Charles undivided attention and touch for so long. He misses it.

At least until Charles holds him close and tells him that as cute as teeny-tiny Edwin is, fullzied Edwin is much better, and easier to kiss.

[bababeepa]

HAPPY LAST DAY OF PRIDE MONTH

[akascow]

hey uh not for nothing but uhhHHHH

blue... and red ? alrighty

[idliketobeatree]

dawn is just a headspace / caroline polachek

[sonseulsoleil]

-Oh, I get it. This is like one of those Orpheus & Eurydice moments, yeah?

-I certainly hope not. That story ends tragically.

[technically-human]

Beings and entities, @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are has once again approached me with an amazing concept, so we present to you... a fusion, Steven Universe style! we're calling him Charwin because we can't be creative all the time.

AND there's lore. It's us, of course there's lore.

I tried to include it in the comics themselves, but basically, there was a case of dissappearing ghosts. Just like Esther, the people behind this were trying to use the pure energy to their advantage. These rocks are supposed to amplify the energy, but it kept resulting on the ghosts dissipating. The boys were captured and experimented on (yes that's horrifying. Not pictured here because... the reverse verse is angsty enough, so I wanted this one to be a bit more fluffy), but since they both went through Hell, they're stronger than your average ghost, and the rocks stayed on! The fusion was an unexpected side effect.

Plus he can make a weapon appear! it is just an oil lamp though.

[idrawprettyboys]

"Charles Kissing Edwin's Neck"

Charles looks rather vampire-like here, doesn't he? I like how sweet and steamy this picture turned out.

Tools used: Canson watercolor paper, Pentel Click 0.7 mechanical pencil, Pentel Polymer eraser, Sakura Pigma Micron 01 pen, Mei Liang watercolor paints, Sakura Koi watercolor paints, Sakura GellyRoll white pen, Pentel Aquash brush

Reference Pose

You can watch the time-lapse video of my painting process on YouTube!

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[lutheban]

My boy, your boy, THE boy Charwin by @technically-human

[soulfulsam42]

[thepearlyalbatross]

Don't think about kid Edwin who's only company is his books. Don't think about kid Edwin up alone in his room when he realises that his parents do not love him. Don't think about kid Edwin when he realises they hate him infact.

Don't think about kid Edwin so hopeful that when he gets to school he finally find someone who likes him, he'll finally have a friend. And don't think about kid Edwin realising by the time he's 10 that no one likes him and it's not everyone else's problem it's his.

Don't think about Edwin getting all excited about Christmas because it's the time for family and at least he gets to spend time with them! And don't think about him making sure he Acts Correctly. Just so maybe they might like him.

Don't think about Edwin curled up in his room alone crying as silent as possible when he realises that his family or anyone else will never like him and that he is completely alone.

And really don't think about kid Edwin thinking that maybe it would have been better if he'd never been born. His parents might be happier if he was gone.

(But then he meets Charles. And Charles loves and likes him. Charles wants to be around him, doesn't try to get out of it, or put Edwin down. And he doesn't leave Edwin. Charles chooses to stay right by Edwin's side. He listens to Edwin's excited rants about detective novels. He doesn't make any snide remark when Edwin stares at a neon sign, and they stand there in a comfortable silence while Edwin just looks at the sign in awe. He picks up trinkets thar he thinks Edwin might like. He puts a kind hand on his shoulder and squeezes when Edwin's a bit far away.)

[shaylogic]

Eurydice forced Orpheus to look back

[thatsgazebo]

[idliketobeatree]

no actor interpretation will ever fuck me up as badly as mr. rexstrew's "he starts to crave it", i think. "he's touch-starved" is very general and also fitting to charles, probably. but edwin, craving charles' touch specifically is— like. do you know what happens to people who are craving. how they cannot focus on anything else besides the singular point of need so bad it writhes and itches under their skin and wants to crawl over to their source of affection. and the slow-stretching, maddening timeframe which encapsulates the graduation from "this is not hurtful" to "this is... nice?" to "oh. oh" to "i need it i need him i need him i need him" like he can feel it in his teeth and fingernails and how charles once nuzzled his neck briefly during a hug so he makes sure to bare his whole throat the next time he has a chance to have a heart-to-heart. hoping, wishing for, yes, craving as much as charles will give him. perhaps, if the confession goes well, edwin will get to feel charles' phantom breath on the side of his neck or even the tip of his nose— if he's lucky. and it won't be enough, but a few moves with a shovel to cover a deeply dug grave is not either, so. what can you do

[sonseulsoleil]

Ghosts don't sleep. They don't even really get tired. At least, not tired in the way sleep would fix. When Charles first dies, he attempts to sleep, but he never can manage it. No matter how many nights he tries. Eventually he gives up.

But he never gives up asking Edwin to read to him at night. Edwin's voice as he reads is warm and steady. Comforting, even. Charles may be dead at sixteen, but he isn't alone. He thinks his best chance at falling asleep is if Edwin is there to read him a bedtime story.

It's probably silly. But Edwin doesn't seem to mind.

Edwin reads him mostly detective stories at first. Sherlock Holmes, anything by Agatha Christie, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, of course—which is where they get the idea for the agency in the first place. But Edwin loves books of all sorts, so it isn't long before he's branching out into other genres.

Usually it's old books. Books from before Edwin was even alive. Books Charles would've avoid reading in school. Pride and Prejudice. Frankenstein. Jane Eyre. Oliver Twist. Somehow hearing them in Edwin's voice makes them much more tolerable.

And some are fun. Treasure Island is one Charles finds himself requesting over and over again. He always liked pirates. Lord of the Rings is another favorite, although maybe Charles is just excited that Edwin finally found a book that was published after he died.

Niko introduces Edwin to much newer literature. Teen romance novels with bright covers and cutesy, wordplay titles. Edwin even reads some of the books about boys kissing boys. An adorable, pink blush creeps across his cheeks every time still, but he's getting more comfortable.

Ghosts don't sleep, or even get tired. But Charles thinks he almost gets drowsy sometimes, late at night, when their living friends are sleeping, and he is curled safely and comfortably into Edwin, listening to him read.

[technically-human]

Powers, or maybe side effects

I imagine turning invisible for the first time would be scary! Luckily Edwin is not alone.

This was a commission for @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are and as always, the fusion AU is a delight. It's fun to have a break from the angst! Though this one got kinda close...

[idrawprettyboys]

"Edwin Resting on Charles's Lap", done with Sakura Pigma Micron 01 pen, Mei Liang watercolors, Sakura Koi watercolors, Sakura GellyRoll pen, and a Pentel Aquash brush on Canson cold-pressed watercolor paper.

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