Author: so-much-cherry-everywhere
Artist: caffeinecrazedfangirl
Beta: stxmph
Word count: 5073
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: OC death, mutism, swearing.
Summary: Phil Lester is a person that could make a picture mean a thousand words, a thousand words he can’t say. Coastal Coffee is his favourite place, just sitting in the corner and listening in on conversations while he draws things in his sketchbook-things which on canvas become a masterpiece. But there was only one masterpiece that Phil had seen that wasn't on canvas, and his name was Dan Howell. Phil is an artist, mute from a childhood incident on the clifftops. Dan is a new barista working in a coffee shop, Phil’s favourite coffee shop.
Summary: Phil Lester is a person that could make a picture mean a thousand words, a thousand words he can’t say. Coastal Coffee is his favourite place, just sitting in the corner and listening in on conversations while he draws things in his sketchbook-things which on canvas become a masterpiece. But there was only one masterpiece that Phil had seen that wasn't on canvas, and his name was Dan Howell. Phil is an artist, mute from a childhood incident on the clifftops. Dan is a new barista working in a coffee shop, Phil’s favourite coffee shop.
Word Count: 712
The beautiful artwork in the chapter was created by the amazing: @spoopycrazedfangirl (usually known as @caffeinecrazedfangirl )
Dan had it all planned out. He was going to meet Phil at his house and then he was going to take them up onto the cliffs to watch the sunset. After seeing Phil's paintings, Dan felt like seeing the sea from this position would spark so many new ideas in Phil's head that would be recreated so beautifully on canvas.
Tonight was also the night Dan wanted to sign 'I love you' to Phil for the first time. He wanted to make it special and Dan felt like tonight was going to be special, treasured.
At 8pm, Dan walked up Phil's garden path and knocked on the whitewashed door. He was dressed in one of his favourite winter jumpers and he kept playing with a thread that had come loose between his fingers out of nervousness.
He almost didn't notice the door opening and Phil standing in the doorway, dressed also in a thick jumper and he had a scarf tied loosely around his neck, which Dan thought was the sweetest thing he'd ever seen.
"Are you ready?" Dan held out a hand and Phil grasped it as he shut the front door behind him.
The walk was fairly silent but it was a comfortable silence in which they knew what each other was thinking, but no words needed to be spoken for them to understand. Although Dan was confused when they walked past the coffee shop and Phil suddenly held his hand a lot tighter, and that grasp became stronger as they walked up the cliff steps and on top of the hill.
*
As soon as Phil realised they were going up to the cliff tops he started to get worried. His first instinct was to hold Dan like he was going to fall off the edge, but Phil wasn't going to let him fall off the edge, not after last time.
He really didn't want to climb the hill, but he could hardly tell Dan to stop, especially when Dan seemed so happy. Dan had planned out tonight and Phil didn't want to ruin it. He just had to grow up and climb the hill like a normal person who wasn't scared of a bloody cliff top.
When they reached the top, Phil held Dan as close to him as possible. The wind swept through his hair, messing up his fringe and making him feel unsteady. He looked around for anything that might calm him down and in the near distance he saw a bench, to which he pointed at, bringing it to Dan's attention before walking briskly over there.
*
Dan turned when he saw Phil pointing at something in the distance. He didn't have long to figure out what it was before Phil was walking over there like his life depended on it.
To be honest, Dan was quite sad their moment of closeness was broken: when Phil was holding him closely and the wind swept through their hair and Dan felt free, like he could just shout and shout and no one would hear him.
"Phil, wait up where are you going?" He called out to the distant figure but Phil didn't stop. Dan jogged over to meet him and noticed Phil standing by a bench, clutching the wood so tightly his knuckles were turning whiter than they already were.
"Phil, are you okay?" Dan cautiously put his hand on Phil's back and he jumped, before sitting down and wrapping his arms around himself.
"Phil you're shaking, are you cold?" All Phil did was sit there, shaking. He didn't flinch when Dan sat down and curled into him instead of jumping away when Dan put his arm around Phil's shoulders.
Dan didn't push the matter any further. If Phil wanted to -theoretically- talk then he would, but Dan didn't want to make him uncomfortable. He wanted this night to be perfect.
*
As they sat in silence, Phil wanted to tell Dan what was wrong, he really did. The matter in hand was one that Phil hadn't talked about since it happened- he hadn't talked at all since it happened all those years ago.
"Here," Dan whispered passing Phil his phone. "Type what happened, but only if you want to."
(did you mean hey in general, or did you want me to do this??)
1. First impression: we met on tinychat before the phandom big bang and i was like "oh man she's really funny i wonder if i can get her url"2. Truth is: i look up to you ^.^3. How old do you look: 14/15ish4. Have you ever made me laugh: yes! all the time!5. Have you ever made me mad: nope6. Best feature: your awesome personality 7. Have I ever had a crush on you: ;p8. You’re my: awesome friends9. Name in my phone: alyssa with the sparkles emoji10. Should you post this too? if ya want
1. First impression: SWEET BABBU2. Truth is: you're literally the kindest person i know. you care about others so much and it's an inspiration to everyone who's graced with knowing you <33. How old do you look: 154. Have you ever made me laugh: hellz yeah5. Have you ever made me mad: nah bruh6. Best feature: your kindness7. Have I ever had a crush on you: nah, i'm in platonic love w/ u tho8. You’re my: frond9. Name in my phone: alyssa sweet human10. Should you post this too? sure!
For some reason the picture won’t load! But I know what you look like and I seriously think you’d make a HELLA terezi. ALSO CALL ME CRAZY BUT ARADIA??? OR DAMARA??
ilysm alyssa you don’t even know. <3
you guys should submit selfies to me and i’ll tell you who you should cosplay from homestuck uvu
I love you Sammy. You are so important to me and everyone else. If people were rain, you would be that soft rain after a drought. The sun would shine and reflect off all of the rain drops and be so beautiful like you, people would smile, kids would laugh, and the air would smell so nice and rain like :)
