Barista!Dan (2) Masterlist
Links Last Checked: May 29th, 2025
part one
awestruck (ao3) - Tarredion
Summary: Dan might meet his best customer at the end of his worst day, and get a little more
Black Coffee And Black Hair - georgiabread
Summary: soulmate!au where you and your soulmate share the same tattoo.
Florist (ao3) - dnovep
Summary: Phil’s a florist - he hates it.
colors in the gray (ao3) - dizzy
Summary: In a different world living a different life, Dan works at Starbucks and is about to publish his first novel when Phil (literally) steals his way into Dan’s life.
hearts made of coffee - softnerds
Summary: while working in a coffee shop, dan continues to be visited by an interesting stranger who refuses to tell dan his real name, only pseudonyms related to his interests.
If It Tastes This Sweet (ao3) - ellehcorx
Summary: Dan is a lost 25 year-old working as a barista. He has a hopeless crush on a customer who comes into the cafe daily. His co-worker thinks he’s being a good friend by writing down Dan’s name and number on his crush’s coffee cup. Unfortunately, he gives it to the wrong black haired man with blue eyes and glasses.
Just Like Heaven (ao3) - Allthephils
Summary: Dan is a barista and Phil is the best part of his job.
Make Me Espresso Many Feelings (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: Dan doesn’t like being a barista. The pay’s bad, the work’s boring and his co-workers acts like the proverbial devil sometimes. The only good thing about it is the really cute hipster that comes by sometimes.
- “Hey, what can I get for you today?” he says, putting on his patented “hello I am a good employee” smile, but it drops off his face when he realises who’s standing in front of him, his heart sinking. Phil’s wearing a different beanie - red, today - and a sweater and Dan just. He can’t help but stare at Phil, at his slightly flushed cheeks, the way he pushes his glasses up his nose with one fingers, the way he shifts his weight from one foot to another.
“I’d like a cappuccino? The one I had the other day was pretty good,” Phil says, voice soft as he puts the money on the counter. “My name’s Phil, I don’t know if you remember.”
“Oh believe me,” Dan breathes out before he can stop himself. “I remember.”
Promise? (ao3) - gravityplant
Summary: A young man ends up in the hospital and the celebrity Phil is to blame... right?
Sleepless (ao3) - SweetDreamsDarling
Summary: Phil is at an all time low, when a new 24 hour coffee shop opens he's more than happy to stay the night there. While he's there, he meets the new night worker - Daniel. Phil needs a job. The coffee shop is hiring. But what about when unspoken feelings mix with sadness? And will it ever work between them?
The faint whispers of a caged bird (ao3) - gravityplant
Summary: After being offered a room in Phil's house things starts to change. Dan's old life seems to have caught up in his footsteps. Phil acts strange and it seems there's more to him than Dan first thought. Dan seems to have set something in motion, faint whispers which have been buried for so long.
The Starbucks Game (ao3) - aby55al (abyssa1)
Summary: Rich boy Phil puts an inappropriate word for his name at Starbucks and his barista Dan gets embarrassed having to say it. Then they have sex.
The Sweet Tooth and Bitter Disappointments (ao3) - bakingphaninmymind
Summary: Five times that Phil went out for bad Tinder dates and the one time a Tinder date came to him. A.K.A. the story about Phil getting fed up with his loneliness. Our boy starts swiping.
What Friends Are For (ao3) - pasteldanhowells
Summary: Dan and Phil work as barista’s at Starbucks. But, after a night out with friends, Dan wakes up with a pounding headache and to make things worse, he realizes that he’s late for work. Luckily, his best friend is there to make the day better for him.
when everything is new (zero o'clock) (ao3) - dayevsphil
Summary: Phil doesn’t understand the K-pop themed café that Bryony keeps raving about, but he does understand that the barista is unbelievably cute.
