#samefic masterlist

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Fics With the Same Title (5) Masterlist

part one, part two, part three, part four

Appreciation - placingglaciers

Summary: In which Dan is the town’s successful, wealthy, irritable, but lonely, mortician and Phil is his gardener who has to deal with his bad day from work the best way he can.

Appreciation (ao3) - epsilonfive

Summary: "Shut up," Phil says, not looking away from the screen. "I have an actual week of stuff to sort through, and unless you want to take over, I'll just--" Phil stops short as he comes to a point in the footage where his ass is center view.

"Uhhh," Dan begins, wetting his lips as his cheeks heat up a little. "I can explain that, actually,"

"Mmhm,"

Blue - washedoutgay

Summary: based off this song. ‘You were red and you liked me because I was blue.’ Dan is an artist who sees people as colours and Phil needs money.

Blue (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: He needs to leave the table for a bit and calm himself down, this often happens on dates or crowded places. He excuses himself and goes to find the bathroom. He walks into the male toilets and is met with a sight that he hasn't seen before.

Someone bending over in purple lace panties.

Blue (ao3) - killingaesthetic

Summary: Dan hasn't been able to see the color blue for his entire life. Nobody can see the color of their soulmate's eyes until they and their soulmate touch. Dan has been longing to see the sky and the ocean, but he never really expects it to happen. But then he meets a boy who changes his entire world.

Butterflies and Hurricanes - phillestatos

Summary: Phil Lester, also known as AmazingPhil, ends up falling for the cute piano player who likes to play Muse on his recitals, even when he kept telling himself it would never happen. youtuber!Phil/pianoplayer!Dan

Butterflies and Hurricanes (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Dan Howell is head over heels for the endearingly strange boy with eyes like the ocean.

(Or: a small piece I wrote to get some 2009 Phan feelings out of my system. Read with caution - this is pure fluff.)

Butterflies and Hurricanes (ao3) - Rhensis

Summary: "You’ll never beat me. I’m best at moaning, I’m used to it. After all, I’m such a bad little cockslut, aren’t I? Come on, Phil, fuck me, fuck me so hard I can’t walk home," Dan turns around, just in time for Phil’s lips to be placed against his own, taking him by surprise. He feels someone pull his fingers out of himself, and Phil replaces them with his own, adding a third just to make sure that Dan isn’t hurt.

"I want," Dan starts, interrupting himself with a moan, "to ride you,"

"Oh, fuck,"

Fortune Cookies (ao3) - kae_karo

Summary: Dan gets a fortune cookie and it's been bugging him all day. But he's NOT superstitious.

fortune cookies (ao3) - oqua

Summary: Dan goes with Phil to celebrate Father's Day with the Lesters, and suddenly all his complicated feelings about his own parents come bubbling to the surface.

Basically 11k words of Dan being angsty and the Lesters being wonderful.

Not so Far Away (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Dan isn't okay, he hasn't been for a while. He's depressed and self-harming and he just can't be what his family wants him to be. Everything is shit until he sees a weirdly intriguing boy on Youtube. What happens when they finally meet?

Not everything can be perfect, it never will be, but that doesn't mean it can't be okay.

Set to begin around 2009.

Not So Far Away (ao3) - enthuzimuzzy

Summary: Phil decides to go on a walk.

Panic - jilliancares

Summary: Dan has a panic attack at a party but Phil’s there to help.

Panic (ao3) - GuineverePendragon

Summary: While onstage at Vidcon, Dan suffers from a panic attack. Only Phil knows how to calm him down- except, Phil's across the venue doing a whole different panel.

pretty (ao3) - calvinahobbes

Summary: When Dan first sees the photoshoot of Ezra Miller in Playboy he stares for hours (minutes? who knows what time is) before he can even really consciously shape any thoughts around it.

Pretty (ao3) - Emptylester (timelordangel)

Summary: Dan buys himself something pretty to wear, and Phil happens to walk in while he's wearing it.

pretty (ao3) - cityofphanchester

Summary: The boxes sit piled in a jumble in the corner of Dan’s closet for weeks. Phil starts getting notifications for them in the days after Nashville, alerts of purchases off the credit card they don’t use often and then the packages themselves, one by one at the door.

(little dresses and fishnet stockings, 2022)

Santa Baby - philipsenpai-fics

Summary: I wrote a Christmas smut fic! hope you all like it, yay i love Christmas :)

Santa Baby (ao3) - Spring_Haze

Summary: When Phil uncovers a real mess in the couple's Christmas decorations, he comes up with a sexual game to determine which one of them must deal with the mess. Phil challenges Dan to something impossible, but both men have fun trying to outwit and out-sex the other.

Stuck - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan becomes pregnant, and is desperate for a job. He needs money for the baby. Then, he gets a job at Phil’s company. It’s not the ideal job, but Dan’s desperate at this point.

Stuck (ao3) - xDeathMelodiesx

Summary: Dan gets stuck in his binder and Phil helps him get out of it.

stuck (ao3) - kae_karo

Summary: Phil supposes they're both prone to doing senseless things sometimes.

stuck (ao3) - watergator

Summary: prompt: “that’s starting to get annoying” & “good thing I didn’t ask for your opinion!”

Stuck (ao3) - regionalatbest

Summary: Phil gets his head stuck

Stuck (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Sensory overload gets the best of Dan on the tour bus in the middle of the night.

Stuck (ao3) - expiredlove

Summary: The story of Phil being hollered at by 20 women in Brighton.

Stuck On You - howthemoonsuitsthenightsky

Summary: When Dan wakes up one morning with a mark on the back of his head, the reason that he is in love with Phil is revealed. Dan thinks that he cannot cope with the betrayal, but somehow his mind always takes him back to Phil.

stuck on you (ao3) - watergator

Summary: dan finds himself in a rather awkward predicament and phil ends up having to helping him

Sunshine (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: a grumpy!dan and sunshine!phil fic in which dan totally doesn’t have a crush on phil. not at all

Sunshine (ao3) - metus_noctis

Summary: In which Phil is a bright ray of sunshine creeping through the windows of Dan's heart.

Sunshine (ao3) - thewakeless

Summary: Summer sex (with consequences)

the man of my dreams (ao3) - mel_m_a_o

Summary: He first dreamed about this man maybe two months ago. The dream wasn’t really something out of the ordinary and Dan didn’t really remember what it was about, but it stuck out to him, because he wasn’t usually someone who remembered his dreams. He often thought he just doesn’t dream at all, but that certainly changed. He keeps dreaming about the same pale, black haired man and his bright eyes that make Dan wake up in a sweat. He starts to see the face everywhere all the time until he actually does.

the man of my dreams (ao3) - animad

Summary: Just over a year ago, he’d started to get Dreams, nearly every night for two weeks. Dreams, discerned from dreams by one common factor, a factor that has dark hair and black rimmed glasses.

Three's Company (ao3) - sherlocks_watson

Summary: With that, Phil surged forward and crashed his lips onto Dan's, coaxing his mouth open. Carefully, Dan maneuvered so his head was now on the pillow and Phil hovered over him, violating his mouth with his tongue.

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Set during VidCon 2016

Three's Company (ao3) - t_hens

Summary: 2009 expect Phil is dating Jimmy and wants to date Dan too.

Trapped - placingglaciers

Summary: In which Dan marries his best friend, Phil, and realizes he made the hugest mistake in his life during their wedding night.

Trapped (ao3) - Junebug1312

Summary: Phil's a superhero, Dan's a super villain. Neither play nicely.

Yellow - washedoutgay

Summary: Please stop picking flowers from my garden au/ Dan really likes yellow and his cat really likes Phil

Yellow (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: A new boy moved in next to him, his ex-girlfriend broke up with him, and school was starting back after the holidays. What makes it worse, is that the new boy is kind of cute and Dan’s straight.

yellow (ao3) - awrfdnp

Summary: “You’re my yellow, Phil.”

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Fics With the Same Title (6) Masterlist

part one, part two, part three, part four, part five

A Little Bit Of Magic - doomedhowell

Summary: Dan is the new potions teacher at Hogwarts and is muggleborn, this is his first year teaching and whilst he’s excited, he has to get used to being in the castle with absolutely no muggle technology. Phil is the herbology teacher and is clumsy and likes puns and likes to help Hagrid with his magical creatures. Dan and Phil eventually meet and become rather close, some of the students realize this and try to get them together before the end up of the year.

A Little Bit Of Magic (fanfiction.net) - uhnonniemiss

Summary: It’s Dan’s eleventh birthday, and he’s looking forward to getting his Hogwarts letter. There’s just one problem- Hogwarts isn’t real, so he won’t get one, right? Wrong, if your best friend is Phil Lester, apparently.

A Little Emotional - trysomecats

Summary: Louise has a mini breakdown while witnessing Dan and Phil’s relationship.

A Little Emotional (ao3) - TheUKAmazingDan

Summary: After being a cheeky little shit at dinner, Phil decides Dan needs a little help controlling himself.

bear (ao3) - softnerds

Summary: Dan stays at Phil’s house for the first time and leaves his bear at home. At first he can’t sleep, but he ends up with a very pleasant surprise.

Bear (ao3) - Mysticallykai

Summary: As a child, Dan was easily frightened and needed comfort; that was when his Nana first gave him his Pooh Bear plush, as something that could keep him safe. Over the years, the plush became his absolute comfort, even into adulthood. When Phil comes into the picture, he makes Dan even more comfortable; through the good times and bad.

Butterflies (ao3) - brookwrites

Summary: The date is October 20, 2009. They’re in Phil’s bedroom. They’re both terrified. Butterflies flutter through their stomachs, but not exactly in a bad way.

Butterflies (ao3) - Emejig16

Summary: 2009!Dan visiting Phil and being all nervous and excited for it.

butterflies (ao3) - awrfdnp

Summary: Everyday Dan has to pinch himself to see if he’s dreaming or not. He can’t believe how lucky he is. “You give me butterflies, Phil.”

Come Over (ao3) - Phanosaur

Summary: A story about the time when Dan was in uni and they decided to move in together. Dan has some issues. Phil is Phil. Angst, smut, fluff, it's all there!

Come Over (ao3) - Mysticallykai

Summary: Dan and Phil's relationship is beginning to bloom, but Dan is terrified to let Phil into his home so he keeps pushing him away. He however, slowly learns that Phil is someone who will make his house a home.

Based loosely off of "Come Over" By Noah Kahan

control (ao3) - iihappydaysii

Summary: Dan tells Prince Phil that sometimes during sex he likes to be in total control

Control (ao3) - analester

Summary: “How sensitive?” With his mind fogged, Dan could barely comprehend the depth of the question. It was an offhand question, something asked with no thought as his mind was too focused on something bigger throbbing underneath him. Dan moved to connect his lips again, thumbs running lightly against Phil’s nipples outside of Phil’s shirt, and Phil let out a long whine, panting and bucking his hips erratically.

“V-very.”

Daddy - litsy-kalyptica

Summary: Dan doesn’t trust the new daycare employee his son seems to like better than him.

Daddy - overlysexualphan-blog

Summary: Dan has a daddy kink but never told Phil which leads to interesting events when he accidentally lets it slip during sex.

Game Night (ao3) - LetterJumble

Summary: The five times Phil won game night, and the one time it didn’t matter.

game night (ao3) - watergator

Summary: dan learns what a lester family game night is like

Happily Ever After (ao3) - adorkablephil (kimberly_a)

Summary: Dan proposes marriage, but Phil’s reaction isn’t quite what he’d been expecting or hoping for.

Happily Ever After (ao3) - TwistedRocketPower

Summary: Dan and Phil spend the day at Disney World.

Looking Back - velarisstars

Summary: Dan and Phil, old and gray and in their eighties, still make the most out of life, despite some difficult changes. Told through their present day and very domestic flashbacks, Dan and Phil will be together forever. Phil promised.

Looking Back (ao3) - TrashFan

Summary: For the first time in years, Dan can feel himself spiraling down. But he’s over this, he can’t be relapsing. As he continues to hide what’s happening from Phil, things only get worse.

Safe - auroraphilealis

Summary: Phil is Dan’s Dom, and while they both know a scene doesn’t always go to plan, it still hurts them both when Dan has to use their safe word. After care fic.

Safe (ao3) - pasteldanhowells

Summary: Dan was a young neko who’s lived with his Master Chris fever since he was a kitten, but things were different now that he was older. Chris treated his neko poorly and only used him for his own pleasures. Chris’s best friend Phil finds out that Chris is giving away the young neko and immediately steps up to save him. Ultimately, a friendship blossoms between Dan and Phil, and Dan gets the happy ending he never thought he’d get.

Safe And Sound - phantasising

Summary: Dan gets scared during a power cut/ thunderstorm. 

Safe And Sound (ao3) - pasteldanhowells

Summary: Dan gets bullied in school for being gay and gets beat up constantly by Chris Kendall’s ‘gang’. It wasn’t until one day when Dan escapes from the boys and finds himself in the English classroom, and he’s surprised when he finds help from Mr. Lester, the English teacher.

Stay With Me (ao3) - blehmobile

Summary: Dan and Phil are flatmates, and they occasionally flirt. They agree that it is very normal to bathe with friends. Totally no tension at all.

Stay with me (ao3) - winstonlives

Summary: “So wait… that kid you have been talking to over twitter and stuff is coming to visit?” Phil’s best friend, Joe, asked surprised.

“Okay first of all, he is not a kid...he’s 18, thank you very much. Secondly nothing is going to happen, all that talk is for show, we’re just taking the piss, ya know?”

“Uh-huh. And he is fully aware that a piss is being taken? I mean, are you sure?” Joe said raising his eyebrow, before taking a drink of his beer.

Stay with me (ao3) - lilac_howell

Summary: Dan goes to the hospital and Phil keeps him company

Thunderstorms - doomedhowell

Summary: Dan and Phil had plans to go out for a dinner date, because it’s something that they don’t get to do very often. It starts raining, and it rains harder throughout the night. Phil has a fear of thunderstorms and starts to freak out a little bit, but luckily he has there to calm him down.

Thunderstorms - phan-is-my-jam

Summary: Dan’s afraid of thunderstorms, so he cuddles with Phil on the night of a bad one.

Thunderstorms (ao3) - PaintedInRed

Summary: Dan is afraid of thunderstorms, and Phil is very protective of his bear. Fluff ensues.

too much (ao3) - SylvesterLester

Summary: Dan's footsteps are soft against the thinly carpeted hotel room floor, and Phil burrows under the covers just a bit more to hide himself from the sound. He'll have to get up soon, he knows, but for a few minutes he wants to let himself sit and wallow in just how terrible the previous day had been.

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Set during VidCon 2011.

Too Much (ao3) - yikesola

Summary: There’s plenty about Phil that is too much. And Dan fucking loves it. Too much and not quite enough and just fucking right. All at once.

A fic about greediness and ache.

Too much? (ao3) - GayFandomNerd

Summary: A conversation about how much they’ve been sharing with their fans

Warm - trysomecats

Summary: Dan is the only person who has the power to make Phil feel warm.

warm (ao3) - SylvesterLester

Summary: Phil likes Dan.

And Phil really, really likes Dan’s hat.

Warm (ao3) - Emptylester (timelordangel)

Summary: Dan hasn’t really smoked weed since University, but one night he decides to get Phil high for the first time. It’s certainly an adventure.

when a house is bought (ao3) - danhoweiis

Summary: dnp’s first night in their new house*

*forever home

when a house is bought (ao3) - meltingthroughthesky

Summary: text messages from “the transitional period of life”

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Fics With The Same Title (4) Masterlist

Links Last Checked: June 4th, 2023

part one, part two, part three

Bad Day - auroraphilealis

Summary: Dan and Phil are on tour, but that doesn’t stop Dan from having bad days sometimes. Thankfully, Phil’s always there to… make them seem more bearable.

Bad Day (ao3) - chatoyment

Summary: Nothing seems to be going right with everything that Dan does on that certain Saturday. It only got worse when Phil and him have a big argument for the first time in their new relationship.

Bad Day - mermaidstailonmyface

Summary: phan fic where Dan has had a very bad day at college and goes to Phil's house for the usual round of video games and Phil, uh, makes it better?

Carry Me (ao3) - Flarky

Summary: Dan's week without his meds has left him exhausted. Luckily Phil is there to carry him. (Aka that week in march).

Carry Me - jestbee

Summary: He's not obsessed. It really doesn't matter what Louise says.

“You're looking again." 

"At what?"

"Your roommate."

Phil isn't looking. He's checking.

"Pass the butter," is what he says instead.

"You have butter."

"I need more butter."

Caught (ao3) - Do_it_with_the_Howell_Lesters

Summary: 2009 d&p figure out what sex is and they're like... that's good, so they do it on the pool table at Phil's parents but then his mum walks in.

Caught (ao3) - hygge

Summary: Just because they weren’t together anymore didn’t mean that Dan couldn’t read phanfiction while he got off, right? Or at least that’s what he thought before Phil walked into the room.

Caught (ao3) - MaeTaurus

Summary: Dan knows he shouldn’t, knows that Phil could walk in on him any second and catch him, but he just can’t help it.

Creature Of The Night (ao3) - glitterhowell

Summary: Dan's skin is cold and doesn't have a beating heart that is until the night Phil Lester walks into the same bar as him.

Creature of the Night (ao3) - obsessive-fics (xoPrincessKayxo)

Summary: Phil is the monster under Dan's bed

Driving Me Wild - junghossokarchive-blog

Summary: In which Dan likes wearing croptops and shorts, Phil is a punk youtuber who drools over him and Louise wants them to stop pining.

driving me wild (ao3) - twinklyhowell

Summary: dan's fingers clawed into phil's shoulders as phil quickened his pace, stroking quicker and longer, and dan's eyes rolled into the back of head, jerking back, choking out moans. he became louder, and phil's smirk widened.

Duality - etoilesdephan

Summary: It was eerie in the prison, yet somehow Dan’s smile could calm him down.

Duality (ao3) - melapplesphan

Summary: During the filming of their 2018 Easter baking video, Phil finds that he can’t stop staring at Dan’s curls and wishing he was wearing his pastel outfit, so he asks Dan to put it on for him. Or, how Phil finally stumbles onto the main reason why he gets so turned on during the late nights he and Dan spend baking. In which Phil has a thing for Pastel Dan, running his fingers through Dan’s curls, and telling Dan he’s beautiful. Equal parts fluff and smut. Please heed the tags.

Hurricane (ao3) - DryCereal

Summary: "In the eye of a hurricane there is quiet/For just a moment"

Hurricane (ao3) - eudaimonic

Summary: In which Dan and Phil live in New York in the not-so-distant future and are brought together by extraneous variables. Their meeting is intrinsic. Their power is ineffable.

Interrupted By Fireworks (ao3) - interruptedbyfjreworks

Summary: Dan and Phil watch the fireworks while in America on the Fourth of July.

interrupted by fireworks (ao3) - nostalgicphan

Summary: [ 2009!phan au ]

dan has the strange ability to hear whenever anybody anywhere is saying something positive about him.

for the past ten years, he’s been living in silence, dealing with the fact that nobody out there has anything good to say about him.

until one day, he hears something...

Lollipop (ao3) - blissedoutphil

Summary: Dan sucks on a lollipop and it turns Phil on and Dan teases Phil and acts like he doesn’t notice and it leads to punishment

lollipop (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: In where Dan's bisexual and slutty as fuck and Phil just wants his candy business to take off.

Monster (ao3) - celeistic

Summary: Phil is sick and tired of Dan suddenly treating him like nothing. So, he decides to confront him about it, and it goes a bit sour.

Monster - helloanonymouswriter

Summary: Dan controls fire and Phil controls ice and they hate each other from previous events they do not speak off. However, when Dan gets hurt in battle Phil finds his hatred dissipating and replaced with worry.

Monster (ao3) - PatheticPidgey

Summary: Something strange is going on, and Dan doesn't like it. Until, he ends up loving it.

morning (ao3) - watergator

Summary: a morning shared during the rain

Morning (ao3) - whylime

Summary: Dan wakes up not feeling his best, so Phil helps him feel better.

Oops (ao3) - dip_and_pip_trash

Summary: It only took one miss click for the world to find out the truth about Dan and Phil's relationship.

Oops (ao3) - lilyxxxooo

Summary: The boys have a drunken night together and are suddenly overcome by feelings. They decide to remain just friends but both struggle with this decision.

Oops (ao3) - rennyassance

Summary: “I was imitating a fight scene off this anime I watched and accidentally hit you in the face.”

Rain (ao3) - Nefertiti1052 (Succubusphan), schnaf

Summary: When their dinner date gets ruined, the boys need to find a way to make it work.

Rain (ao3) - phanburnhamizzard

Summary: It's a cold day with ominous purple clouds in the sky when Daniel Howell bolts out of his apartment and heads downtown. Phil Lester is left in their apartment alone, stunned, in the aftermath of their argument.

Separated from one another, they think back on their relationship, Dan's depression, and what their friendship really means to them.

Then, it starts to rain...

Seven Years (ao3) - DryCereal

Summary: Dan: “Phil plays 'Hello Internet' to wind me up sometimes……. It is the guaranteed way to upset Dan.” Vidcon 2016 Panel – ‘The First Time I Hit Upload’

Seven Years (ao3) - phanimist

Summary: three instances where dan and phil reminisce on their first meeting back on october 19th, 2009.

Seven Years (ao3) - prettysweet

Summary: Dan turns up in Manchester a little younger than Phil thought.

Speak Now - phanlight

Summary: teenage!phan are best friends and phil has a crush on dan. phil also has a parrot and one afternoon when dan's at his house the parrot says "i love dan" or something and then fluff happens.

speak now (ao3) - overcastphan

Summary: Phil is not the kind of boy who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion, but Dan isn't the type of boy who should be marrying the wrong girl.

sticky notes (ao3) - xpetriichxr

Summary: Dan is having a hard time dealing with anxiety and craves reassurance, but he just doesn't know how to ask for it.

Sticky Notes - auroraphilealis

Summary: When Phil realizes Dan spends so much time in the bathroom telling himself off, he decides to take matters into his own hand’s and starts leaving Sticky Notes to cheer his best friend up.

Sticky Notes (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Dan keeps getting notes in his locker from a secret admirer...

Too High, Can't Come Down (ao3) - calumthomases (orphan_account)

Summary: Phil never expected to be sticking his dick through a hole in the wall for some stranger to suck, and yet, here he is.

He isn't even that down for this. Personally, he's not really a glory hole person. Well, he's a glory hole porn person, but that's completely different.

Title from Toxic by Britney Spears

too high (can't come down) (ao3) - danfanciesphil (thejigsawtimess)

Summary: Suspending himself 7,000 feet above the rest of the world seems likely to be a sure-fire way for Dan to escape normality, and isolate himself for the foreseeable future. The Secret of the Alps, a small hotel tucked into the side of the Swiss mountains is too niche for most avid adventurers to have heard of, making it the perfect place for Dan to work as he sorts through his problems. Unfortunately, privacy is a coveted thing, and as Dan soon finds out, the hotel harbours one guest who values it more than most.

When the Day Met the Night - camisadan

Summary: “When the sun found the moon she was drinking tea in a garden under the green umbrella trees in the middle of summer. When the moon found the sun he looked like he was barely hanging on but her eyes saved his life in the middle of summer.”

When the Day Met the Night - cocktailaunt

Summary: Dan Howell is what every high school student aspires to be. A player on the football team and invited to every party within a 10 mile radius, Dan doesn't have much to complain about. Everyone knows who Dan Howell is. Until someone doesn’t. Phil, an artist with dark hair and a paint-stained leather jacket. He’s alternative, he’s different. But maybe Dan needs something a little different.

When the Day Met the Night (ao3) - thrillerqueen

Summary: Dan is like the moon, cold and dark, and alone. One day he meets a boy who shines like the sun.

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Fics With The Same Title (3) Masterlist

Links Last Checked: June 4th, 2023

part one, part three, part four

Begin Again (ao3) - curiosityandrain

Summary: Phil never expected Dan to take up a career in theatre but Dan moves to London to pursue it, leaving Phil behind. Three years later, Phil goes to see Les Mis where Dan plays Marius. Thanks to Phil’s friend Louise, they reconnect after the show. With both of their careers growing and going in separate directions, Dan and Phil are faced with the decision of whether or not they want to begin their relationship again.

begin again (ao3) - brookwrites

Summary: dan is struggling to move on from an abusive relationship, and that struggle grows when, for the first time, he feels ready to. he doesn't seem to understand anyone actually caring for him, but phil does, and he doesn't know how to handle it. (based off the song "begin again" by taylor swift!)

caught in the act (ao3) - calvinahobbes

Summary: “Dan! She's right downstairs! She's gonna know!”

Caught in the Act (ao3) - omgdatphantho

Summary: Martyn catches Dan and Phil having sex.

Coffee Shop Soundtrack - interrupted-by-fireworks

Summary: Phil sees Dan regularly at Starbucks but is too scared to start talking to him.

Coffee Shop Soundtrack - gorgeousdan

Summary: Phil’s late to a YouTube meeting when he literally runs into Dan Howell, the most beautiful man he’s ever met in his life. Dan plays piano outside a coffee shop and Phil’s determined to win his affections however possible.

Coming Of Age - amazingdanielhowell

Summary: Dan is part of some humans captured by Phil’s vampire clan and to become mates for their coming of age vampires, Dan is paired with Phil.

Coming Of Age (ao3) - developerdaniel

Summary: bartender!Phil meets twink!Dan on shift at Throwback Thursday night at his work, requests a song for them to dance to and proceeds to take Dan back home with him after clocking out.

Double Date (ao3) - dangirlphillie

Summary: When Dan accidentally asks out a lesbian couple on a double date, he and Phil are forced to pretend they've been dating for years on a night out a town.

Double Date (ao3) - Spring_Haze

Summary: Phil finds himself on a double date at a mini golf course near campus, though he is much more interested in the male half of the other couple than anything else. The boys are left alone to explore their fast new friendship and sparks fly. This is a sweet, funny, and romantic tale of love at first sight that will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy.

Echo - thatsmistertoyou

Summary: In the aftermath of their breakup, Phil presents Dan with a choice.

Echo (ao3) - rowan_e

Summary: Every time Dan plays piano, Phil falls a little more in love with him.

It only seems to echo on occasion.

All the times Phil heard Dan's piano playing echo through their flat, and the one time he needs it the most.

Forever (ao3) - winstonlives

Summary: Dan and phil have been best friends since they were kids. As they get older, they realize they love each other as more than friends. The only thing standing in their way is Phil's sexuality and his acceptance of it.

forever (ao3) - mels

Summary: After Dan’s coming out it’s time for Phil to meet part of Dan’s family again - but now as his boyfriend. And perhaps it's also time for the next big step.

Home Safe (ao3) - letspartyrightnow

Summary: Phil saves Dan from an attacker at some club. Surprisingly, the guy from his dreams decides to go home with him.

home safe (ao3) - watergator

Summary: dan becomes stranded in london.

Lights Out - thatsmistertoyou

Summary: Dan and Phil lose the power and heat in their apartment on a chilly night.

Lights Out (ao3) - Babel_Fish

Summary: Dan and Phil have been best friends for years, they started out flirtatious, even 'helping each other out' sexually in a handsy way in the early days, after all they were horny young men. Then life got busy, their shippers shipped so hard that they started to hide things, they hid them so hard that after a while they weren't there anymore. Yet neither boy could face living without the other and they fell into a platonic friendship that had no rival. Can a simple power cut change things?

Mile High Club (ao3) - developerdaniel

Summary: aka the fic where dan finds himself horny on their flight to australia and dan hops into phil's lap hoping phil will do something about it.

Mile High Club (ao3) - iihappydaysii

Summary: Dan and Phil have sex on a plane.

out of the closet (ao3) - waveydnp

Summary: dan’s birthday, aka their last night as a closeted couple

Out of the Closet (ao3) - dizzy

Summary: Coming out is a series of moments.

Painting Flowers (ao3) - Azure (Fancy_Ravenclaw)

Summary: Dan has come to accept that his psychotic episodes and hallucinations are here to stay, when he meets Phil Lester. Although Phil can't fix Dan, he does give him something to fight for. Something to try for, one last time.

Painting Flowers (ao3) - starrywrite

Summary: AU! Stereotypes insist that tattoo artists are usually terrifyingly intimidating with big muscles and thick accents. And then there’s Phil Lester: lanky, awkward, and ironically afraid of needles, yet arguably London’s finest tattoo artist and manager of the infamous Ink Poisoning. Despite the fact that Phil’s life is considered, by some, to be a bit unorthodox, there’s nothing in the world he’d change about it… except maybe he’d like someone to come home to other than his hairless cat, Dobby. But it goes without saying that after the catastrophe that was his last relationship, Phil can’t help but to cling to the safety net that is remaining single.

And then he meets Dan Howell, the budding florist who takes over the flower shop across the street and soon after becomes “the pastel flower prince of his heart” (as dubbed by Phil’s best mate Katie). Despite insisting that he feels no romantic attraction to the florist, Phil can’t deny that that needles aren’t the only thing that makes his heart race anymore.

Sea Of Love (ao3) - troyiesivanie

Summary: Dan and Phil grew up together in Australia and took frequent late night outings, now that Dan has his licence a trip to the beach ends in a way they never could have imagined.

Sea Of Love (ao3) - pasteldnp

Summary: After years of preparation, planning, heartbreak, and waiting, Dan and Phil finally get the call that there is a baby for them to adopt.

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Fics With The Same Title (2) Masterlist

Links Last Checked: June 4th, 2023

part one, part three, part four

Born To Die (ao3) - Hawkriver

Summary: Dan is simultaneously the luckiest and most unlucky person to have been born in the UK.

Born To Die (ao3) - sheriff_lester

Summary: Lonely businessman Phil Lester and lonely stripper Dan Howell.

Dragonfly - poisonwrites

Summary: Dan finds a shibari guide in a Japanese book shop.

Dragonfly (ao3) - lvckyphan

Summary: Something terrible happened in Littlerock Mental Asylum in the 1970s. Dan and his group of historically-crazed friends know this for certain. But when you throw in corporate secrets, paranormal activity and a chilling boy with very, very blue eyes, things begin to get a little more complicated.

Drunk In Love - phangirlingforphan

Summary: Dan drinks a little too much wine when filming his Internet Support Group video and one thing leads to another… Smut, fluff and drunk, needy Dan Howell ensue.

Drunk in Love (ao3) - ahappyphil

Summary: 5 times Dan and Phil were horny sappy drunks.

Home (ao3) - waveydnp

Summary: They’ve got nothing to do today or tomorrow or the next day or the whole next week of days. Nothing to do but rest and recover and bask in the glow of this rather insane and incredible thing they’ve accomplished. Again.

Home (ao3) - winstonlives

Summary: Phil’s family home has been sold.

I Can Wait Forever - phanfuc

Summary: It’s Dan and Phil’s first time together, but Dan isn’t quite ready.

I Can Wait Forever (wattpad) - PhanOnIce

Summary: Dan and Phil have been married for about 10 years and they even have a son Joey. Phil is a university professor and Dan is in the military.

Let Me Down Gently - ineverhadmyinternetphase

Summary: AU in which Dan is (briefly) a lawyer, until he gets fired and kicked out by his girlfriend. Wandering alone at night looking for a place to stay, he happens across a slightly strange man who introduces himself as Phil and who owns a B&B. Without much choice, Dan takes up the offer to stay there, and quickly grows to have a certain fondness for Phil. There’s only one problem: Phil runs the B&B with his long-term partner Alex.

Let Me Down Gently - serenehowell

Summary: Trying to ignore his feelings for his best friend was always difficult for Dan and was only made worse by having to face reality of moving on. The prospect of losing Phil almost becomes too much and could jeopardise any chance of their friendship surviving.

Library (ao3) - INeverHadMyInternetPhase

Summary: It's exam season at uni, and Dan is stressed out of his mind. In an attempt to escape the crowded university campus, he finds a small library out of the way to settle into. Only, the seat opposite him is empty aside from a bag, a coat, and his laptop, and a phone that won't stop going off.

Library (fanfiction.net) - BluStrawberri

Summary: Today was the day. The day that Phil stopped staring across the library at the mysterious boy like a creeper and actually walked over to introduce himself. Not in a, you know, obvious stalker kind of way or anything. In the Phil kind of way (which honestly wasn't that much different).

Perfect - phillestatos

Summary: Dan’s family owns one of the most succesful video game stores in London. The problem is, Phil’s family is also one of the most succesful stores, leading them to have a rivalry going on. The thing is, Dan and Phil have problems keeping up their “rivalry.” They’re supposed to hate each other, but they don’t.

Perfect (ao3) - drivinglester

Summary: Phil works at a tree farm, and one day a brown eyed, lovely smiled man shows up looking for a tree. Somehow the two of them end up becoming closer than they ever thought they would be. Maybe Phil could help this man find his perfect Christmas.

Read My Mind - phillestatos

Summary: Soulmate AU where everything is the same, except Dan and Phil can enter each other’s minds and they use it to help each other out of bad situations. After all, all they truly need is each other.

Read My Mind (fanfiction.net) - a-little-glimmer

Summary: Dan was just a normal high school student, going about his normal life: going to class, talking to friends, crushing on a certain Phil Lester... but Phil's life wasn't normal at all. He had the power to read minds. He didn't use the power, of course, but after running into Dan in the hallway, literally, that certainly changed.

Someone In The Crowd (ao3) - doinganap

Summary: Phil's an aspiring actor with more than a few years of living in LA with no avail. Dan's a jazz pianist stuck in daydreams and a pile of bills. They see right through each other from the beginning but can they make their dreams come true together? aka the La La Land fic no one asked for.

Someone In The Crowd (ao3) - Cloechecksmyflow

Summary: When Phil went out with his family for his mother’s birthday, the last thing he expected was to receive a surprise himself.

Summer Love (ao3) - outphan

Summary: Dan on a holiday meets a stranger who changes his whole life.

Summer Love (ao3) - benotafraidofwriting

Summary: Phil's little brother's best friend catches his eye during summer vacation.

The Isle (ao3) - waveydnp

Summary: Phil lives alone in a house on a hill. It’s easier to hide himself away than face people looking at him like he’s a freak.

One day he makes the mistake of tripping into a stranger’s arms and he’s forced on a journey of confronting the idea that maybe he deserves - and wants - to be seen.

The Isle (ao3) - wekingsandprettythings

Summary: For Phil's 32nd birthday they go up to the Isle of Man once again. It's slowly becoming their favorite place on earth.

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Fics With The Same Title Masterlist

Links Last Checked: June 4th, 2023

part two, part three, part four

All Is Fair (ao3) - dannihowell (anotherdaughter)

Summary: An Alternate Universe in which Phil, an alpha, is forced to bond with Dan, an omega, by family obligation and societal norms.

All Is Fair - jilliancares

Summary: Dan Howell has made many mistakes in life, the first of which was being born to Aphrodite (or maybe just being born at all, in his uncle’s opinion). It’s never made much sense that he was son of the Goddess of love, seeing as he didn’t even believe in it. Still, maybe there’s time for his mind to be changed when he finds himself going on a quest to retrieve his mother’s “Cupid’s bow” with Phil Lester, son of Ares.

A Rose By Any Other Name (ao3) - gracilis

Summary: AU where Dan Howell is an actor and Phil Lester is a lot of things- hopeful and fearful included.

A Rose by Any Other Name (ao3) - MirabelleG

Summary: Set at the time of Romeo and Juliet. Dan and Phil meet at the masked ball and despite their opposing households they learn that their love is the most important thing.

Do All Of It With You - ficster28

Summary: Or, in which Dan and Phil get a cat.

Do All Of It With You - thespianhowell

Summary: Despite Dan’s doubts, Phil is very certain about his decision to be with Dan. He finds a way to convince him.

Do You Believe In Magic? - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan and Phil live in a world where magic exists. They’ve grown up together in a same small town and have learned to hate each other. One day a ‘witch’ casts a spell on them to make them switch bodies with each other. They spell can’t be undone until they learn to get along.

Do You Believe In Magaic? (ao3) - darkesthorizon

Summary: Dan discovers a meadow of flowers where fairies made of flowers can grant you one wish. But there's a catch: your wish has to be pure. What does that even mean?

Home - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan and Phil are reunited after Dan being away in the army for four years. Things aren’t perfect when he returns, but they make it work eventually.

Home - placingglaciers

Summary: What do you get when you cross a troubled runaway with a lost photographer? A mess, that’s what.

Let Me Show You - crescendohowell

Summary: Smut, Dan being much more experienced than Phil when they first met. So here’s Phil being self conscious about sex in 2009 and Dan being a bossy bottom and helping him though it.

Let Me Show You (ao3) - mollieblack

Summary: Phil has a secret. He doesn’t know how to kiss.

He kissed a few girls when he was younger, but they never seemed impressed and it made him feel insecure to the point of avoiding relationships because he was embarrassed.

When Dan learns of his friend’s insecurity what will he do to help?

Missing Pieces (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: When an accident occurs in the middle of filming a new video for the gaming channel, Dan finds himself becoming more reliant on Phil than he was comfortable with. Unfortunately, Dan needs the help and can't push Phil away, but he can feel the situation beginning to dredge up feelings that Dan had pushed away years ago and buried deep within himself.

Missing Pieces (ao3) - ramonaspeaks

Summary: Dan has always known that he wants everything from Phil. If he can't have that, he'll still take the pieces he can get.

Picture Perfect - dxnhowell

Summary: Phil Lester is a big time photographer and has just been offered the opportunity of a life time for his company. He needs a model, so he asks his pastel, fashion lover boyfriend, Dan. The only problem? Dan is extremely shy around strangers and has anxiety. Phil hopes to finally help Dan out of his shell.

Picture Perfect (ao3) - FollowYourDreams

Summary: Dan is a professional photographer and Phil is his muse. Unfortunately, Dan is forbidden to have a relationship with his models. However, when tension builds and builds, rules are broken, lines are crossed, and careers are put on the line.

Rough (ao3) - SimplyUndead

Summary: Phil Lester was a ruthless gang leader who would do anything to get his way. He was rough and unloving. But when he stumbled upon a small, sleeping boy, who, in his mind, was the perfect image of what an angel looks like, some of that changed. He wanted nothing more than to protect and take care of Dan Howell, and he would do so in any means necessary, even if that meant going against the wishes of the boy’s older brother.

Rough (ao3) - Misha_with_wings

Summary: "I should ask..." Phil starts to speak before leaning down and pressing open mouthed kisses to Dan's neck, making him moan softly. He works his way up to Dan's ear, "You like it rough?"

Dan's legs gave out and he would've fallen if Phil didn't have him pinned to the wall. "Fuck- yes yes- please yes..."

Stardust - brerediddy

Summary: Dan is not a writer. Dan just likes to look at the stars and listen to the river move and hang out with his best friend Phil. He’s not a writer, but somehow, writing changes everything.

Stardust - echohowell

Summary: When Phil Lester sees a star fall from high up on a hilltop, he vows to do the impossible. Cross the wall and bring back the fallen star in exchange for Victoria Forester’s hand in marriage. When Phil finds the star, he is surprised to find it very much alive.Dan is a tiny bit pissed at having fallen from the sky. He’s even more pissed at the blue-eyed idiot who finds him lying on the scorched ground. Injured and with nowhere else to go, Dan agrees to accompany Phil to the wall.However, events are closing in around them. Rumours of immortality and power beyond imagining sweep the land, stirring terrible forces that are best left alone. Forces that will stop at nothing to get what they want.The shining heart of a fallen star.

Stranded - philipsenpai-fics

Summary: human!Phil finds merman!Dan around the corner of a shop and he takes him back to the sea (AU).

Stranded (ao3) - pasteldanhowells

Summary: Dan and Phil have been planning on going a massive holiday with a bunch of other youtubers to Micronesia. Unfortunately, a storm hits on the way there and they get stranded on an island.

We're Okay - whatisfanfiction

Summary: Dan is scarred, probably forever, which makes him vulnerable to ‘fits’. Phil, who takes Dan under his wing, tries to make things easier. Its just kinda angst with a really fluffy ending.

We're Okay - daeguk

Summary: Phil fucked up, and both he and Dan know it. They fight and yell behind closed doors and between outtakes of videos, all the while trying to mend something that seems completely broken. Appearances have to be kept up, though. To friends, Dan and Phil are lovers; to the BBC, they’re radio hosts; to their viewers, they’re best friends. But pretending is exhausting, and Dan doesn’t know when he’ll snap.