part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven
A mouth full of mercy (ao3) - mimismile
Summary: Phil Lester is nominated for an Oscar for a film that feels a little too close to the bone. The night is overwhelming and surreal.
He only knows one thing for certain; Dan is always right next to him.
aquamarine (ao3) - DollMew
Summary: Dan finds the femboy baking outfits and he thinks it's his turn to surprise Phil.
Birds Of A Feather (Flock Together) (ao3) - vividaway
Summary: Dan is a dramatic goose, Phil is a calm duck, and somehow that’s a problem. They’re not supposed to matter to each other but they do.
clean, soft and warm (ao3) - isimswyn
Summary: phil is a tailor who makes costumes for the performers at a circus, and dan is a trapeze artist who needs his measurements taken.
crack my heart open (ao3) - electric_typewriter
Summary: Dan likes his peaceful little life where nothing can surprise him, where he can exist without being afraid or ashamed or really anything at all. He has everything he needs. Or so he thinks, until one day a pigeon flies right into his window and gets hurt. Except he isn't a pigeon at all.
Cut the Line (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: Meeting the family and pondering long term commitments but it’s also an AU
Summary: Somewhere between the 2025 and 2026 Formula One seasons, things start to unravel.
face the music when it's dire (ao3) - alicek112
Summary: In which Phil is not a damsel in distress, but Dan still comes to the rescue.
Full to Bursting With Sunshine (ao3) - lildoodlecat
Summary: In which Dan and Phil have an adorable daughter, domestic bliss, and a talent show for her to outperform every other kid.
Hold on Me (ao3) - skrundle
Summary: Phil discovers Dan likes having his hair pulled. Like really, really likes having his hair pulled.
I need you, Daniel (ao3) - Ridiculoushero
Summary: Dan and Phil are alone together when Phil unexpectedly gets his heat. Dan, who’s never experienced heat, despite being an omega himself, is more than willing to help him through it.
if the static don't get you first (ao3) - siriuscybernetics
Summary: In a distant universe not unlike our own, two young men meet at a convenience store.
In Flagrante Delicto (ao3) - olivermirror
Summary: Phil asks Dan if he's ever thought about getting fingered, or if he's ever wanted to. At first, Dan brushes it off as a Phil-ism, something that was mentioned on a whim, never to be brought up again.
But Dan keeps thinking about it. And finally, he caves.
Intricate Rituals (ao3) - Celeste (artificialmac)
Summary: Dan and Phil have these rituals they do.
Love, Dan (ao3) - lionxlioness
Summary: Dan just started his first semester at The University of Manchester and is finally trying to live his truth. When he comes out to his grandmother, she tries to set him up on a blind date.
Manchester Now! (ao3) - FredoParmen
Summary: When Dan drops out of university, he has no friends, no livelihood, and is facing moving back in with his parents. He falls into an entry-level job at Manchester's local news and quickly forms a friendship in co-worker Phil, and finally life seems to be looking up. Now, if only Dan could get over this pesky crush and just be a normal best friend.
Marked for life (and longer) (ao3) - PaleGlobes23
Summary: A birthmark tells you how you died in your previous life. For Dan and Phil, it isn't that simple.
maybe i'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new (ao3) - renmau_18
Summary: A dnp fic where phil is a freelance game developer who has a website filled with the games he creates and dan is a gamer streamer who keeps leaving bad reviews to the games that phil made
Message in a bottle (ao3) - napstarblook
Summary: Dan keeps his love for Phil bottled up so he can protect it. But whenever Dan drunkenly lays next to Phil on the beach during the middle of the day, he can't hold back and lets his love overflow.
Moon River (ao3) - christianpuppetshow
Summary: Dan and Phil are teachers at the same school. They spend the entire academic year pining after each other. Everyone else around them notices first.
Summary: He could consider himself lucky, for his betrothed was a young and, judging by the portraits, handsome prince, not an elderly lord with whom he would have nothing to converse about. People of noble birth do not marry for love. At least, that is what everyone says.
Never Intended (ao3) - MissLauraBarrow
Summary: As Dan finds himself in the small town of Rawthenstall, he doesn't expect to discover a lot more than just a material for the article he doesn't particularly care about.
New Born (ao3) - homegrownlesbian
Summary: 2008 phyuri where they are both 18. Dani, recently outed as a lesbian, is returning to her homophobic college for her last year of A-Levels. She just wants to keep her head down, try not to get killed by her bullies, take care of her mother and little brother, and focus on uni applications so she can get the fuck out of Reading. She also really wants to have sex with a girl.
Enter Fi: a new student resentful about her parents' last minute move to 'posho central'. Her loving, married parents are well-off and she doesn’t hesitate to compel respect with a little bit of violence. She doesn’t hesitate to talk to pretty girls like Dani, either.
Overcast (ao3) - greencherrybomb
Summary: Phil works as a pool attendant who hates social interaction, Dan is a newcomer who hates social interaction and sparks Phils interest by being pretty and looking pretty when he swims.
please be rude (ao3) - genderthief2
Summary: “That man,” says Phil, “just kissed that other man. On the lips.” He says it like he’s the one who orchestrated the whole thing, the twat.
Run Away With Me (ao3) - tellsfromhale
Summary: Dan has lived his entire life on Lord Fitzwilliam's manor, and as a serf, he has no expectation of ever leaving, even as he dreads his upcoming wedding. Then he meets Phil, a freeman, who gives him the courage to flee.
Sixteen Years (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: Daniel Howell has taken suppressants for his heats for the last sixteen years. What happens when he runs of medication and can't get more in time?
Slipping Through the Cracks (ao3) - Procrastination_is_my_specialty
Summary: Determined not to scare Dan away so early in their relationship, Phil tries to hide the severity of his migraine. But playing it cool becomes impossible when the pain leaves him crumpled and barely conscious on the bathroom floor.
Snow Day (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: Phil(lipa) and Dan(ielle) have a snow day and end up having slow sex to warm up.
the border of georgia and tennessee (ao3) - jengaforgirls
Summary: A few moments in sixteen years.
The curfew is cancelled on Halloween (ao3) - raw_moonstone
Summary: Dan and Phil never dated, and Dan moved out of their shared flat years ago to do his own thing. Now they meet again at a Halloween party – Dan dressed as a nun and Phil as a fairy. And when Dan ends up stranded at Phil’s house, they spend the night together…
The Person On The Other Side Has Always Just Been You (ao3) - stupidbitchwhoIh8 (CupcakeTaker)
Summary: "Stop stealing my pens. -DH
A year of silence, and this was their first communication! A false accusation presented in the most passive-aggressive way Phil could imagine, and on a plain yellow sticky note! At least have some whimsy and make it a blue or pink one, then Phil would be more lenient on this rudeness."
AKA, the sticky note based English professor AU that has been haunting my brain for months now.
Then something broke in me (and I wanted to go home) (ao3) - ilybuckbuckley
Summary: Phil's a vampire now, and Dan doesn't know what to do with that.
Undisclosed desires (ao3) - Ren_Saxon
Summary: Dan really needs some money to pay his rent. Phil really needs blood to survive. It's a pretty good deal, and Dan gets a lot more than he bargained for.
You Can Let Yourself Be Happy (ao3) - stupidbitchwhoIh8
Summary: A possible way that the DINOK first meeting could've gone.
Your heart beats in ink and blossoms (ao3) - BeesKnees1525
Summary: Running late for the tattoo convention, Phil finds himself mistaken for a florist and is whisked away into the Flower Expo. A Dan and Phil meet cute ensues. Dan finds out they have something in common that ties them together.
