Modern Setting Masterlist
A Drink To Calm The Nerves (ao3) - obsessivechild
Summary: Dan has a big crush on a guy he has recently met and when that guy invites him to a “party”, nerves settle in Dan’s stomach. Phil’s just so nice to him.
A Taste of Myrrh (ao3) - imsorryimlate
Summary: Dan falls in love with Phil, who happens to be a celibate priest. Great.
Be My Muse (ao3) - t_hens
Summary: Love, Simon AU
Do it for the ‘gram (ao3) - RachelIsWriting
Summary: Dan is Phil trash number one (with a popular stan tumblr to show for it) after a surprise meeting in the local coffee shop that Dan visits purely for the aesthetics they bond over PSL’s and maybe find a little snapshot of happy along the way.
for a good time call... (ao3) - t_hens
Summary: Dan works in a call center for a sex hotline and gets a call from a guy who is just lonely and wants to talk to someone because he's new in town. they hit it off, much to Dan surprise.
he's even more surprised to find the same guy is his new neighbor Phil, who he might just have a bit of a crush on.
High (ao3) - Icandigelvis
Summary: Just the ordinary story of Dan and Phil, except one little detail. Phil isn't human in this one. Expect biting, bickering, playlist live, blood, bad jokes and sex.
Ignorance is (definitely not) bliss (ao3) - RachelIsWriting
Summary: After Dan surprises Phil by agreeing to his stupid fake relationship plan to impress the bosses at his company we spend the week with them in New York. Where Phil tries desperately to think of everything but Dan, and Dan tries everything he can to make sure that doesn’t happen.
I Still See You (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: Dan and Phil have been best friends since they were kids, they've always been there for each other. And even now, despite Dan's schizophrenia, Phil is still there for him. In the worst of times, Phil's love is the one things that can bring Dan back to reality and remind him of what is real and what isn't. Phil will never leave Dan, no matter what happens, and Dan will always see Phil, even if it's not real.
i wanna fall so in love (with you and no one else) (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: after so many failed attempts at romance, phil’s ready to just quit and become a spinster. enter dan howell, a sarcastic and crude editor that may or may not be flirting with an oblivious dumbass...
Just a Magical Hermit (ao3) - TheDyingRedRose
Summary: Daniel, a Magic craftsman and hermit has never enjoyed the concept of soulmates. Shame he had to find one on a dreaded day out.
Networking (ao3) - t_hens
Summary: Phil isn't expecting much out of the temporary job he gets at his local insurance company; a steady paycheck, a chance to make some business connections, maybe turning it into a full time position? Mostly just something to get his parents off his back for the next few months until he can figure out his next move. What he certainly isn't expecting is Dan Howell; the terribly cute guy who is definitely flirting with him and also in some sort of uncertain terms his boss. How will Phil navigate his blossoming feelings for someone who is most definitely off limits?
Paris Never Felt So Euphoric (ao3) - t_hens
Summary: Dan is a wealthy heir who is bored of the party life in California so he takes a spontaneous trip to Paris where he meets a mysterious architect named Phil. Older, fun, and mature, he is the opposite of everything Dan is used to. Could a stranger and spontaneous trip be exactly what Dan needs?
Speedos and Spikes (ao3) - QuietConspiracy
Summary: Three-time Olympian Phil Lester of Team Great Britain is headed to Rio, determined to focus on the podium and not let anything - or anyone - get in his way.
So why is it, then, that he can't get his (absolutely gorgeous) roommate out of his head?
The Head and The Heart (ao3) - selinawrites
Summary: The seemingly heartless workaholic Dan Howell never expected to find love. A divorce lawyer by trade, he knew all the cynics of the heart, all the secrets of the soul. He never expected one night looking up at the stars to awaken the reckless abandon and rebellion he never felt before, Dan Howell never expected to find love, nonetheless in a plant shop of all places whilst making impulsive decisions and unlocking truths he never fathomed to believe.
the magic of you (ao3) - CapriciousCrab
Summary: In love with his best friend for years but afraid to risk their friendship, Dan pushes his feelings aside in order to keep Phil in his life. But what happens when a series of events and a little magic change things forever?
why did you steal my cotton candy heart? (ao3) - hedgehogtongues
Summary: He pulls out a fake bouquet of flowers from behind his back, three of them. Pink, blue and yellow. Sunflowers, they seemed to be, and Phil’s beam practically is one. He passes them to Dan, who is gushing completely, cheeks stained pink.
‘Phil, how did you even get these?’
Phil’s smile turns cocky, ‘My grandma was psychic, I think, so I’m like all magic and stuff. Hence the fact I’m a magician.’
or the one where dan's a moody carnival worker and phil's a popular magician.