Catch You on the Flipside (ao3) - Amorist (dead_on_the_inside)
Summary: Dan is holding himself together by the seams after running away from a religious cult. He has to ask himself why he keeps going, but deep down, he knows the answer already. It's the same answer it was long before his parents packed up and moved him to a thinly-veiled conversion camp in America—Phil.
Or, my excuse to write self-indulgent angst, because sometimes we need that.
dan and a half (ao3) - gaydreaming
Summary: It’s funny to imagine how vindicated his therapist must have felt the first time that he turned up to her office and, before sitting down, announced “I came to an interesting conclusion on my run this weekend.” And the time after that, and the time after that.
Dan runs a half marathon. Featuring a special guest appearance from Phil.
follow the trail of stardust i leave in my wake, it only ever leads to you (ao3) - fishcarabiner87
Summary: “You could’ve died, Phil,” Dan once said, solemnly. “Do you know how fucking scary it feels to say?”
“I’m serious,” Dan took his hand firmly, “I cannot imagine... I don’t want...”
“I’m alive, Dan,” Phil tried to reassure him as well.
Fuck me eyes (ao3) - PhanOfThe_Pheal
Summary: I can feel him smiling against me and it makes my heart feel heavy, knowing I can show him what it's like for someone to care about him, for someone to love him.
Funhouse Mirror (ao3) - gaydreaming
Summary: There are plenty of ways in which Dan’s depression medication is making his life easier and lighter.
It’s also making him gain weight. He’s learning to live with that.
Left In the Woods (ao3) - kaixblue, Leeemon (kaixblue)
Summary: Phil Lester lives alone in a cabin deep in the woods, far from people, questions, and the past he barely survived. He tells himself he is fine with the quiet. Then, during a storm, a barefoot stranger appears at his door, soaked, terrified, and unable to explain where he came from. Letting Dan inside should feel dangerous, but leaving him outside feels worse.
Past Meeting the Present (ao3) - philsmeatylegss
Summary: Discovery and discussion of past challenges
(TW) pieces (ao3) - Anonymous
Summary: Before tour, it was like Phil was complete. Now, Dan's desperately trying to put the pieces back together.
That week in March (ao3) - Ren_Saxon
Summary: “Uh,” a voice that isn’t Phil’s, and it isn’t his, except it is, says from the door, and they both flinch and look up at the same time, Dan propped up in Phil’s lap, speechless.
In the door to their bedroom stands Dan, except Dan is pretty sure that he’s in the bed and also, he’s not that young anymore. The face of the other Dan is smooth, free of any crease, full, his curls shorter, his expression lost. He stands pressed against the side of the doorframe, arms wrapped around himself like a security blanket.
In 2016, a younger Dan attempts suicide and wakes up in his own future.
this bitch's infected, go call forensics (ao3) - emceeescher
Summary: based off of the fuckin week i've been having. we get to just win sometimes.