Shy (4) Masterlist
Links Last Checked: April 22nd, 2025
part one, part two, part three
Apples Are My Favorite Kind Of Kisses (ao3) - glitterhowell
Summary: Dan Howell isn't much one for parties but he finds himself very grateful for Louise his overbearing best friend for dragging him to a certain Halloween party.
Been Thinking About You a Latte - fiction-phan
Summary: “You’re the cute and quiet customer that frequents the coffee shop where I’m a barista and also where my rival barista works and we’re both fighting for your attention in increasingly creative and inconspicuous ways (making foam art, writing cheesy pick-up lines on your napkin etc. etc.)”
Daddy’s Little Princess (ao3) - phandomsub
Summary: Dan’s still a shy, easily-flustered virgin, but Phil can fix that. High school Pastel!Dan and Punk!Phil AU
Don’t Be Shy Love - chocolatesaucelester
Summary: Phil invites Dan, his shy boyfriend to shower with him after he accidentally walks in on him while he’s in the shower.
Ever Wonder What Stars Taste Like? (ao3) - ncirpng
Summary: au where Phil runs a successful café in Paris and Dan is a shy fashion designer. Their paths cross, which leads to an unhealthy amount of awkwardness and a lot of weird sentences (mostly from Phil).
I Can Feel You On My Lips All the Time - crescendohowell
Summary: A high school au in which Phil is shy and prefers keeping to himself. But Dan bursts into his life with loud laughter, constant swearing, and promises that Phil’s not sure Dan’s prepared to keep. (songfic for Superficial Love by Ruth B)
Love Actually - fiction-phan
Summary: Dan and Phil are stand-ins for movies and meet during scenes that involve nakedness and sex simulation. On set, they become friends and fall for each other. In real life, both of them are painfully shy and struggle to ask each other out.
Lover Boy - cafephan
Summary: Phil is the shy new kid at school, taken under the wing of Dan’s group of friends. The two develop crushes on one another, but a secret from the past threatens to jeopardise everything before it even begins.
Moonshot (ao3) - irphanfic
Summary: Phil is a shy window cleaner and Dan is a famous baseball player. This is their story.
Opposites Attract (ao3) - do-it-with-the-howell-lesters
Summary: Pastel!Dan and Punk!Phil are complete opposites. Dan is a pastel, popular, fuckboy with a lot of confidence. Phil is a quite, reserved punk who is surprisingly shy. They have one thing in common; they don’t particularly like each other. What will happen when a class project has the two boys paired up together?
Pooh Bear (ao3) - QuietBubbles
Summary: One is a shy, lonely student with curly hair. The other, a newly qualified, bright eyed and bushy-tailed teacher-who may be hiding something beneath his squeaky clean exterior...There is plenty of fluff-alongside the realization of quite the kink.
Shy Boy - irphanfic
Summary: Dan is making a liveshow when his boyfriend Phil arrives home, will Phil agree to join him this time so he can see how much his audience loves him?
Stained (wattpad) - audrat
Summary: Meet Phil Lester, a bad boy with blood on his hands. Literally. After one night strikes, Phil turns to a group of serial killers as a distraction and soon he finds himself with a trail of dead bodies with their blood on his knife. Meet Dan Howell, a shy boy with flowers in his hair and thoughts on his mind. Friendless and quiet, he's lonely, until the blue-eyed boy with tattoos and piercings sits right next to him in support group. Phil finds himself falling for Dan when his mission is to kill him, and he finds himself wanting to get close, even if that's means revealing the reality behind the mask and spilling the unwanted truth.
The Pastel Boy With A Tattoo - doomedhowell
Summary: Dan and Phil are total opposites but they don’t hate each other. Dan is the quiet, pastel boy while Phil is the punk boy who likes to cause trouble at school. Phil discovers Dan has a small secret that makes them realize that they have more in common than they thought.
The Story Of Us (fanfiction.net) - strawberry4life
Summary: Phil, a quiet, shy 17-year-old boy. Meet Dan, a more outgoing, social 17-year-old boy. What these two boys don't realize is that once they meet... their whole lives will be changed forever...
You Knew Every Shape Of The Moon (ao3) - outphan
Summary: Dan is a shy teenager, with no friends and no interest in dating. He likes the stars, but everyone thinks he’s weird. That is until his new neighbour introduces himself.
You're Okay, Bear (ao3) - tahliaisnotonfire
Summary: Dan and Phil are partners in crime with Chris, PJ, and Louise. Phil is the leader and Dan is his shy boyfriend who almost gets shot during a mission. Dan is scared Phil is mad at him for not doing his job correctly, but how could Phil ever be mad at Dan?
