Links last checked: June 26th, 2025
part one, part two, part three, part four
Baby, They Ain’t Got A Clue (ao3) - cafephan
Summary: Dan, the shy new kid in school, is asked to prom, but his date stands him up. Phil, the popular outgoing kid in school, is stood up by his date too.
Blue-eyed Hottie (ao3) - HelloAnonymousWriter
Summary: Everyday after school the ‘Blue-eyed Hottie’ stands outside and waits then gets a text before leaving again. Everyone in school fancies him and wonders who texts him every time.
Summary: To avoid bullying Phil decided to become a bully himself, firmly locking away all the caring parts inside him.
Dan has to start at a new school for his last year and he isn't thrilled, especially as he is almost immediately confornted with homophobia. The only things that keeps Dan going are his friend PJ and the irritating crush he developed on a very unsuitable candidate, PJ's former best friend Phil Lester. To add to all the complications Dan has to take care to shield his brother from attacks aimed at him. Dan's life is honestly complicated so that even something as simple as a school trip turns out to be nerve-racking.
Dangerous Game - phancywork, pasteldanhowells
Summary: Howell’s School of Abilities is a prestigious facility for children and teenagers with special powers. Dan and Phil both attend the school, but coming from rivaling families with opposing powers, they’re not exactly friends - their relationship is rather build on hostility and hatred. But what is going to happen to them when their final exam forces them to spend a week alone together?
Flip A Coin - jilliancares
Summary: In which Dan and Phil go to a christian boarding school, have no idea how sex works, and decide to give it a try anyway.
Flower Crowns (ao3) - MarriedPhan1234
Summary: Dan is known around school as The Blow Job Queen, and he quite likes that title. But when he finally gives Phil Lester the time of day, he thinks that being demoted might not be such a bad thing.
Flower Crowns and Footballs (ao3) - sadia_xoxox
Summary: Dan Howell, a delicate pastel princess, starts at a new school and is shown around by the school's best footballer, Phil Lester. While on the surface the two seem to be complete opposites, will they attract or collide?
Its Just The Way It Is (ao3) - Fangirlcraze
Summary: Dan is a rich British teen with no sense of how to live and provide for himself. His mother's job forces them both to move to America. Among all the changes, his new public school is much different than the all-boys private school he attended back in England. The families are poor, the kids aren't as rude, and America is filled with amazingly weird culture that Dan is cautious to explore.
Phil is an American teen with a weekend job and an average SAT score. For community service hours, he has to guide a snobby rich British teen on how to adjust to a new school and eventually, a new perspective on life.
Essentially, a story about two dorks finding one another in between mocking friends and ridiculously baffling circumstance.
It’s All Fun And Games (Until You Get Blackmailed) - doomedhowell
Summary: Dan and Phil are in a relationship, but everybody at school thinks they hate each other. In order to have a fun date night, Dan and Phil travel out of town so nobody recognizes them. They think they’re safe, but are they?
Maths Notes and Flower Doodles (ao3) - DavineNaughter
Summary: Phil Lester is that dorky guy who always doodles on everything. Dan Howell is the school's most popular boy and star athlete. They don't see much of each other, and when they do it generally involves punches and Phil getting injured. But then they're sat next each other in a couple classes and paired together on a project, and that may change. Throw in some homophobic douchebags, a super sassy sexual Chris, and a sprained wrist, who knows what could happen. Based on a Tumblr post.
Paint - quiffsandflowercrowns
Summary: Dan and Phil are in the same art class, at the same table. Dan is brilliant at art and Phil’s artistic ability is nonexistent. Their teacher puts them together to help Phil pass his exam. More than a casual friendship might occur if given time….
Smoke and Flowers - cherrihearts
Summary: high school!/teenage! phan au in which Phil tends to the flowers and plants in the greenhouse behind his school and eventually finds himself completely smitten with the boy who sometimes smokes outside his door–Dan Howell.
Some Kind Of Folliful - danfanciesphil
Summary: Dan has one friend, and only because he was forced into it. Phil is loud, excitable, and irritatingly happy all of the time. Phil seems to find Dan's perpetual attitude funny, and despite Dan's best efforts to shun him and everyone else, wants to be around him all the time. That is, until Phil starts talking about Amanda Jones.
St Anthony's Secondary is a school divided by class. Their town is split down the middle, quite literally, by a railroad that separates the affluent families from the destitute. Dan is on the very outskirts of the poor side. He has one friend, and no desire to make any more, nor to buy into the sickening popularity and wealth contest of his peers. He thought Phil felt the same. And then, out of the blue, Phil develops a worrying obsession with a girl from the other side. She embodies everything Dan hates; he tries to explain this to Phil, to no avail. As his obsession with Amanda grows, as does Dan's loathing for her. Still, it shouldn't bug Dan this much to see his friend pine some braindead bimbo relying on her boyfriend's wallet. So why does it?
Stomach Flu - phanhowlterstuff
Summary: Dan doesn’t want to get his fourth strike.
The Fault in Our Education System - ticklishhpickle
Summary: In which Dan pines over the two things he can’t have- contentment with his grades and Phil Lester- before he realises that both might not be as unattainable as they seem.
The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty (ao3) - analester
Summary: A high school au in which dan and phil used to be best friends and are now enemies that hate each other’s guts until it becomes something a little more complicated than they thought.
The Odyssey - dansphlevels
Summary: High school au where Phil is bullied for being gay and Dan thinks he should have just stayed in the closet. But it just so happens Phil has a big family and can’t get any studying done, and Dan’s house is the perfect place to study.
Through the Window (ao3) - Tastefulcucumber
Summary: Phil just moved in next door to Dan Howell, the amazing basketball star and winner of the best hair in mock elections. Phil can't help but noticing that a room in his new house has a window that leads straight into Dan's bedroom, and he happens to spend quite of bit of time in said room.
Two Dads On Mothers Day - phanhowlterstuff
Summary: Phil talking about his husband, Dan, to one of his students
Uni Stairwells - awrfhiphil
Summary: It’s October of Dan’s first year at uni, and he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing.
Summary: Dan’s high school football season is coming to a close. The only thing worse than having his archenemy Phil Lester on the same team is the fact that he can’t even play this season. But that’s just the surface problem… the secret Dan is keeping behind closed doors is only getting harder to deal with and he worries he can’t take very much more.
