Outside POV (5) Masterlist
Links last checked: December 11, 2024
part one, part two, part three, part four
all that kindred eyes can see (ao3) - natigail
Summary: Teachers Dan and Phil figure that they could quite easily keep their relationship secret while working at the same school. It's only for half a year after all. But the keen eyes of a trio of friends soon start to pick up on little hints and clues. It's a good thing the students mostly just want to admire their love and figure themselves out along the way.
Always Together, Never Apart (ao3) - cherryblossomphil
Summary: “They were attached at the hip. The centers of each other’s lives. Inseparable.”; Dan and Phil’s relationship, as seen through the eyes of their friends (based on Vidcon 2k15)
House Hunters (ao3) - citizen101erased
Summary: Kath and Nigel go down to London to help Phil and Dan find a house to buy.
Immediate Family (ao3) - philsroots (shanegray)
Summary: “The first few times I didn’t mind all that much, but now it’s all the time and I’m starting to dread starting conversations.” Cornelia says, almost laughing.
Dan peels at the corner of the crisp bag, creating a small tear before slowly pulling it apart.
“It’s really that constant?”
or the one where Dan really wants a metaphorical picket fence and I write a love letter to being the gay cousin in a huge traditional family
Merry and Bright (ao3) - ahappyphil
Summary: Dan and Phil host their first Christmas.
now i smile and face the girl who shares my name (ao3) - plinth_of_life
Summary: kath meets her newborn granddaughter.
Oh Brother (ao3) - ahappyphil
Summary: Phil comes home from the Halloween gathering, and Martyn has questions
shadows / nocturne / parting clouds (ao3) - Tarredion
Summary: Phil wakes up with a migraine, causing him to snap at Dan. Throughout the day, while visiting a city for the ii tour, Cornelia observes the tension, and eventually, the two of them console.
since i looked up to you (ao3) - morelikeexisting
Summary: I've been meaning to tell you something, but never had the courage to — it reads — basically, i am gay.
And Adrian thinks: this is how he is going to come out? Through a fucking e-mail, and then he laughs, happy and proud and overwhelmed, because confrontation has always been Dan's weakness and this ... this e-mail is so, so Dan.
( or the one where dan comes out to his brother )
slipping through my fingers (ao3) - Gal_tic
Summary: Even though he said he’d never grow up, Phil grew up.
Or, Kath reminisces on how time flies
sometime, stranger (ao3) - dieofthatroar
Summary: Karen's thoughts on a little boy she thought she knew
the bear (ao3) - dizzy, waveydnp
Summary: Seven year old Phil has an imaginary friend, and his mother is concerned.
The Fantastic Mr. Whiskers (ao3) - chiridotalaevis
Summary: Mr. Whiskers does not approve of guests. But this human? This human was ok. This human could stay.
The Royal Mr. Whiskers (ao3) - chiridotalaevis
Summary: Mr. Whiskers just could not understand why they had to move to a new apartment. This apartment was perfect! It had the couch Mr. Whiskers liked, the little nook above the fridge from where Mr. Whiskers could keep watch, a nice warm bed for him. All the smells were accounted for, all the walls sufficiently improved by Mr. Whisker’s claws. But no, apparently with Phil moving in, his humans didn’t have enough space anymore.
the conversation (ao3) - calvinahobbes
Summary: "They had a joke in there. About a sex tape with him and Dan." A fic about Phil's parents and That Conversation.
they grew up so nicely, didn't they? (ao3) - natigail
Summary: Cornelia doesn’t just get a boyfriend when she starts dating Martyn, she gets a whole second family too. Kath and Nigel welcome her with open arms and she becomes a pseudo older sister to Phil.
She is there watching from the sidelines as a boy bolts right into Phil’s heart and sets up camp. She gets to watch as Dan and Phil build careers and an internet community and all the trials and tribulations, as well as the pride and happiness, it brings along.
through the years, we all will be together (ao3) - possumdnp
Summary: Martyn comes home for Christmas in 2009 and finally meets Dan, that guy his brother won’t shut up about. Ten years later, and it’s like Dan’s always been a part of the family.
Two of Martyn’s family Christmas celebrations, a decade apart.
to use black ink (ao3) - moonythejedi395
Summary: Laura Anise Jones, at the ripe old age of 12 ½, knew exactly four things in life. The first was that she would never touch illicit drugs. The second was that it was best not to tell anyone anything about herself, as nothing good would ever come of it. The third was that adults will always lie. The fourth is that the only exception to the previous rule is her English teacher, Mr. Lester.
together: a tale in five board games (ao3) - dieofthatroar
Summary: Dan in his BBC LGBT interview: "I had friends who honestly would be like, 'so, are you going to get a girlfriend at some point?' and I was like, 'so you have no idea, even though we've been friends for five years.'"
Dan and Phil have this friend that comes over for monthly board game night.
watching terrariums (ao3) - obsessivelymoody
Summary: They’re silhouetted against the gloomy grey London sky, light only touching the high points of their faces, illuminating their eyes. They look carved from marble, and by someone who is really able to capture love.
Or, Dan and Phil in 2019, told through two perspectives at two different times.
where we can live (ao3) - dizzy
Summary: Karen and Kathryn wait for their sons.
"Why did we have to have kids?" (ao3) - yikesola
Summary: Cornelia is recording on her phone, hoping she’ll never forget this sight. It’s so beautiful, more beautiful than she can say. So expansive, so lush— so peaceful… peaceful…
A ficlet about peacefulness and laughter.
