10k (2) Masterlist
part one
50 notes to unbox (ao3) - dylaesthetics
Summary: Dan moves out of his parent’s home to start university and his older lifelong best friend Phil is rather an efficient help when it comes to helping Dan unpack, as well as a regular visitor of Dan’s studio. What happens when Phil stumbles upon Dan’s piggy bank for university savings he crafted as a child and finds it a new purpose? What happens when the truth comes out when it’s so needed?
OR an overly cute, long and coming of age multiple part one shot you better read now.
Benefits (ao3) - ghostdnp (ghostdnfie)
Summary: Dan and Phil come up with an interesting way to settle roommate arguments.
Bitter Blue (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: idk what this is, i just wanted masks and dancing and sparkling flutes of champagne and music. idk how it turned out to be this but. .. it happened.
blue moon (ao3) - waveydnp
Summary: it's storming in the middle of the night in a city not his own and phil's phone is dead, which means he has no choice but to slink back to the flat he's just snuck out of... the flat of the once-famous youtuber with whom he's just had his very first one night stand
Chicken (ao3) - philsdrill
Summary: Dan is worried that his social anxiety is going to mess up his job interview, but that becomes the least of his problems when he gets his vibrator stuck up his butt the night before.
don't trust a song that's flawless (ao3) - The_Blonde
Summary: "Dan surveys their menu. It’s in Comic Sans and all lower case. Only one drink has a description because (1) he got bored halfway through and (2) left the menus until last so they got rushed out opening day. The description is “coffee and foam?” with a question mark that he forgot to take out but now maybe creates some mystery. Add “update menus” to the to-do list. Phil’s drinks all have descriptions, detailed ones. The descriptions also have cat puns."
Or: Awkwardness Squared - A Love Story.
dreamweaver (ao3) - dnovep
Summary: Dan has a recurring dream, and a best friend who he loves very much, and a habit of overthinking.
“He looked down to see his hands separating at the wrists. There was no gore, no veins or bones, just a clear break between his forearms and his hands. His hands floated away. Dan woke up.”
it comes in waves (ao3) - sadlybunny
Summary: Dan trembles in his seat. “And- and what shall I call you?”
He moves his thumb to grip at Dan’s chin roughly. “Captain.” His face inches closer. “Or on very special occasions, Captain Lester, sir.”
It’s 1728 in Port Royal, Jamaica. Daniel Howell, the son of Governor Howell, is engaged to be married to a woman he has never met. The night of their betrothal, Daniel is kidnapped by swashbuckling pirate captain, Philip Lester. As Dan learns about pirate life on the Liberty Galley, he discovers things about himself that he never knew before. Maybe he doesn’t want to return to his father, after all.
i thought of angels (ao3) - deletable_bird
Summary: song fic based on just one yesterday by fob where there’s angsty smut. Dan cheats on Phil and asks him for one last time and when he wakes up Phil is gone and there’s a note saying goodbye. Dan is just reliving the past and wants him back but knows he messed up horribly. Preferably with Phil having a hidden Dom side.
Lester87 - placingglaciers
Summary: In which Dan works as a part-time online fashion stylist to pay for university and he’s determined to get to the bottom as to why his favorite client continually needs first-date outfits.
Never Stop (You Still Get My Heart Racing) (ao3) - phantasticworks (steddieworks)
Summary: Dan and Phil celebrate Dan’s 29th birthday at home.
of a feather (ao3) - plinythehotter
Summary: A stranger shows up at the secluded Wuthering Heights during a snowstorm and learns that the house has a history: one that begins with Katherine Lester’s younger son and his… childhood friend. That’s what they’re calling it.
One Week (ao3) - cosmic_angel_writes
Summary: Dan Howell is a rich, spoiled, brat who gets whatever he wants. He’s almost done with high school when he gets paired up with Phil Lester. A punk who is going nowhere in life. It takes one week for Phil to flip Dans life upside down.
or something (ao3) - lamphouse
Summary: It’s good to know that at least he’s stuck with a vampire who’s as much of a loser as he is. At least there’s that.
raised by other beasts (ao3) - youreabadliar
Summary: They deserve a holiday, just the two of them, and Phil wants Dan all to himself.
sense of direction (ao3) - sunflowerwitches (orphan_account)
Summary: when dan said soulmates he meant every word, but maybe not in the way their audience assumed. he meant it. he means it still to this day. phil is his soulmate. phil is the love of his life, but the only thing is, phil definitely doesn’t feel the exact same way that dan does.
take a breath and dance (ao3) - lyricallyharley, writtennotsung
Summary: When Phil takes his friend's daughter to dance lessons, he doesn't expect to meet a dad who has a passion for dancing himself, and who's story is, well, interesting to say the least.
The Human Requirement to Breathe (ao3) - philsdrill
Summary: It’s a difficult life for Dan. Being famous and recognisable isn’t easy when you’re walking through a crowd of people… especially when you’re claustrophobic. Phil runs a coffee shop and an unusual customer ends up meaning more to him than he ever expected.
You’re my new dream (ao3) - magicalxdjh
Summary: phan but based on tangled. Phil is the lost prince and Dan is the thief. it will not be 100% tangled for example Phil does not have magic long hair, but powers! not everything will be based on tangled, just the story itself is inspired by it.
you should’ve raised a baby girl (i should’ve been a better son) (ao3) - thislifedoesnotexist
Summary: Fiona has had a best friend, and she’s had a crush, and Dan is both and neither and something new and transcendent altogether.
(2009 and it’s the same but they’re transfem so it’s not)