Hey I adore shut up and dance with me, do you know when we can expect another chapter? I'm reading on Archive of our own and I didn't know if it's been abandoned or whatever (absolutely no pressure and not trying to sound mean I just wanna know)
Hi thank you! I replied to a question about this some time ago, but for those who missed it: Witty is currently unable to post on Ao3 so we’re having a minor setback. However, we’re still working on both SUADWM and TMWM and we expect to update both of these by the 13th!!
Hey pumpkin, I just adore your blog! I've look but your link to resistance isn't working? It just take me to your blog, I really wanna read it is it on whatpad it anything? Or can I please have a relink thank youuu xxxx
idea for writing thing: dan and phil (dont know eachother that well) meet at a cinema and at first it's really awks but then they get comfortable and end up doing a lil smoochy smooch ples <3
Summary: see above
Word count: 980
Warnings: none
A/N: this is possibly one of the worst things i’ve ever written idek i cant write anymore i’ve lost my nonexistent talent
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Dan’s not usually the nervous type of person, not with things that he is familiar with. Definitely not with things like asking someone out on a date to the movies. It’s not like Dan has had so many dates that it doesn’t affect him anymore, because that’s definitely not the case. It’s just that with things like dating Dan has always felt confident (for some weird reason) and the fact that so far none of Dan’s love interests have ever turned him down has only contributed to that feeling of confidence.
Tonight is different though, so unbelievably different from anything Dan has ever experienced before. With those other guys he’s been out with it’s only ever been just for fun and to try out new things. Dan has liked them all well enough and there have been butterflies involved in some cases, but never actual feelings.
With Phil it’s something else entirely. He is older than Dan, already in university, and just so much more that Dan isn’t familiar with. The biggest problem though, the thing freaking Dan out the most, is that Dan likes Phil, like really likes him. The kind of like that makes you go crazy and fell all frisky. For God’s sake, Dan gets flustered by the mere mention of his name.
So really, you can’t blame Dan at all, when he arrives at the movies and doesn’t manage to get out one word when he sees Phil. Fucking Phil, who doesn’t really help with the whole situation either. Not when he’s leaning against the building like that with only one shoulder, his hair ruffled up a bit and his checkered shirt fluttering in the wind, like some scene taken out of a romantic comedy. (And ohdeargod, someone really ought to tell Phil that he needs to stop rolling up his sleeves like that, because Dan feels like he’ll possibly confess his love just from looking at Phil in that shirt).
“Hey, Dan!” Phil says all calm and not nervous at all, pushing away from the wall to give Dan a quick hug. “I’m really glad we’re doing this tonight.”
Dan nods slowly, trying to get his wits together, but in the end he only just manages to croak out a “yes, me too”, and a smile, he is sure looks positively constipated. Well, if that evening isn’t going to be awkward as hell.
“You ready to go in?” Phil asks with a grin, and Dan wonders how Phil manages to not be nervous at all - or maybe he’s just hiding it well, because as far as Dan knows Phil’s usually the complete opposite of the collected, calm person he’s claiming to be right now.
“I- Yeah, let’s go in.”
They buy their tickets, get some popcorn and drinks, and Dan manages to make even more of an idiot out of himself by stumbling over pretty much every single word he utters and then quite literally stumbling over his own fucking feet right before they sit down in their seats.
Phil doesn’t comment on any of it, which Dan is utterly grateful for, but it still doesn’t stop him from wondering if that’s the case because Phil’s realized that he isn’t interested in Dan after all and he’s just trying to find an excuse to leave now.
“Hey, you okay?” Phil asks then, eyeing Dan with concern. “You look a bit pale.”
Dan gulps, taking a deep breath to calm down, and although he tries to do it as nonchalant as possible, it is probably clear as daylight what he is trying to achieve.
“I’m fine, I, don’t worry,” Dan says, at the same time as Phil says, “You really don’t have to be nervous.”
Dan can pretty much feel the heat rising to his cheeks.
“I’m not,” he insists, rubbing his sweaty palms on his jeans. “Nervous, I mean.”
Phil rolls his eyes playfully before taking Dan’s hand in his own and interlacing their fingers. “Relax. I’m not going to run away or anything.”
And maybe it’s kind of ridiculous but Phil’s words actually manage to calm Dan down. He takes another deep breath and smiles at Phil, maybe a little stupidly and a little too much, but it’s okay because the light is finally dimmed and Dan is pretty sure Phil can’t really see his face anyway; or at least he hopes so.
It’s a lot easier to settle back and get comfortable once the film is on, Dan comes to realize and by the time they are half way through it, he even picks up the courage to lean into Phil a bit, well, as much as their seats allow, and it’s kind of amazing and makes Dan’s heart race in all the right ways. Phil letting go of his hand and instead wrapping his arm around Dan’s shoulders only makes the thing another billion times more awesome.
Dan doesn’t know when or how it happens or who indicates it (though he has an idea that it is Phil’s doing, because comfortable or not Dan’s a fucking chicken in Phil’s presence and would never work up the courage to do that), but suddenly Phil’s lips are pressed against Dan’s, all soft and light touches, moving in such an exhilarating way, Dan kind of wants to never leave the place they are in right now.
Somehow - and considering the mess his head is at that moment, Dan really doesn’t know how - he manages to reciprocate the kiss and not make an utter fool out of himself. Their lips move together, slowly at first but then more fiercely, and fortunately - fucking fortunately - kissing makes Dan forget about his nervousness and he can just completely indulge in the feeling and enjoy every single second of kissing Phil. And really, Dan decides, there is nothing better in this world than kissing Phil.
