If you’re still taking prompts, How about one where Dan is suffering from Stomach cramps during one of their stage shows and Phil doesn’t notice until the end and takes care of him? You can choose which one. Thank you!
Okay, so I really don’t think I know enough about either of their live shows to write this well so I’m going to tweak it a little, hopefully it’s still okay!!
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“So you boys just finished your second live show. How was this one different than the first?” The interiviewer, Mara, Dan thought maybe her name was.
“Well, it was definitely easier I think. Just cause we’d done it before. I mean, like anything, the first time there’s a lot of uncertainty and nerves but the second time it’s like oh yeah we’ve done this once already,” Phil explained.
“Yeah, less nerves for sure,” Dan echoed.
“I think we also just had more fun with it. We did a lot more of the designing and the writing ourselves, so like we were just more involved,” Phil continued, excitement plastered on his face.
“What was your favorite part of the preparation?” Mara asked.
“I really liked designing the stage, we had a really cool set this time,” Phil said, grinning from ear to ear. He’d been so proud of our set for this show.
“And you Dan?” she asked, singling him out. He’d been too quiet and he knew it. She probably thought he was being rude, like he thought he was too cool to be there or something. That wasn’t the case at all though.
“Oh, um, I enjoyed doing the lights and cues,” he answered.
Truth be told, Dan just couldn’t hardly focus on anything except the cramping in his stomach. It felt like his insides were being rearranged or just smushed by an invisible hand.
“Right uh, that sounds fun,” she responded, giving him a small smile. He tried to smile back, feeling guilty for ruining her interview. Hopefully Phil’s zeal was enough to make up for his lack thereof.
“We did this thing where we had to map out the show wearing these funny suits with dots all over them to track our movement, which was pretty hilarious. That actually might have been my favorite part,” Phil said quickly, chuckling at the memory. That had been pretty funny.
“What about the actual show, what was your favorite part?” she asked next, smiling at Phil with those eyes that girls always looked at him with. He was the charming one.
“Ooh, definitely the...” Dan didn’t hear Phil’s answer because an other cramp gripped his stomach. He bit back tears, leaning forwards under the guise of adjusting his pant leg. It took all he had not to grip his stomach as it squeezed within him. What the hell was wrong with that sandwich he had for lunch?
Both Phil and Mara were looking at him expectantly. Dan struggled to remember what the question had been, but it had already been too long and he knew it.
“Sorry-” he choked out, coughing to cover up his strained his voice was. He used that as an excuse to wipe the tears out of his eyes then cleared his throat.
“Well, I know it’s hard to pick a favorite part cause we like our whole show, but I would guess that Dan’s least favorite part was the song. I really had to fight him to get us to do that,” Phil said, looking at Dan warily.
“That’s funny,” Mara said, although she didn’t look amused. “Well, that is all the time we have boys, thank you,” she said, standing up to shake our hands. Phil stood up as well. Shit.
Dan forced himself to stand over and straighten up as much as he could. He mustered up a smile and shook her hand, then dashed off to the dressing room they’d been in before the interview. Dan was hunched forwards, one arm cradling his stomach as it clenched beneath the skin.
“Mate what’s wrong with you?” Phil asked as he walked in a moment later.
Dan groaned from where he was laying on the couch. Phil turned to look at him, curled up and clutching his stomach, face scrunched in pain.
“Jesus Dan what’s wrong?” he asked, crouching down in front of him.
“My stomach hurts so fucking bad,” Dan said through clenched teeth, eyes remaining shut.
“Aw Dan, I can’t believe you didn’t say anything,” Phil sighed, standing up to grab Dan’s water bottle off of the table, uncapping it and handing it to Dan.
He struggled into a sitting position and took a few sips of the water, cradling his stomach protectively. The water did help calm him down a little, although his stomach was still cramping and clenching uncomfortably.
“What happened?” Phil asked, watching him with worry.
“I don’t know. I think there was something in the sandwich I had earlier that my stomach didn’t like. It happens sometimes,” Dan shrugged.
“You mean like with the cereal bars?”
“Yeah,” Dan cringed at the memory. He’d eaten this cereal bar one time and had been in like the worst pain of his life. Worse than this even, which hardly seemed possible right now.
“So, I guess lets just head back to the bus and wait it out with some tv and naps huh?” Phil said, starting to collect their stuff up.
“Yeah,” Dan said, breathing through another cramp.
“Is there anything I can do?” Phil asked.
When Dan opened his eyes again Phil was sitting on the table in front of him, just watching. His face was pinched with worry, he was always such an anxious person about stuff like this.
“I’m okay Phil. Just help me out of here,” Dan sighed, smiling at his friend to reassure him that he was really okay.
Phil nodded, picking up both of their bags on one arm, then holding his other hand out to Dan. He helped him stand up from the couch, slowly and carefully, then wrapped an arm around his waist, leading him out of the venue to their tour bus.
“I’ve got you,” Phil said quietly when Dan stopped, leaning over and panting as another cramp seized him. “I’ll take care of you.”