#(parenthesis)

Parenthesis - () - Used to add extra info; if the parenthesis are removed, the sentence must (still) make sense - incorrectly commonly referred to as "brackets"

e.g. Max is (really) good at maths

Brackets - [] - Used to clarify vague info; could also bee [be] used to correct spelling mistakes - notes the author has written to better clarify the info.

e.g. Dhe [she] was going 95 [kmph] on the road [motorway]

Braces - There are many delimiters {Parenthesis, Brackets, and Braces}, but this used to tell the reader the options there are in a group of something - Rarely used and authors still commonly use parenthesis for a replacement

e.g. There were many colours {Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black, White} to choose from

The hierarchy - Braces, then Brackets, then Parenthesis - could be changed si opus sit

all realms of where (and when beyond) (ao3) - Ellory G, 1k

Summary: High Lord Salazar Slytherin, Prince of The Void, issues invitations to High Lord Godric Gryffindor, High Lady Helga Hufflepuff, and High Lady Rowena Ravenclaw to discuss a new venture.

Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) (ao3) - TajaReyul Alicia/Charlie E, 23k

Summary: “I can do anything better than you.” Alicia and Angelina are very competitive. So is Charlie.

Barkeep (Your Secrets) (ao3) - DisorganizedKitten T, 4k

Summary: Albus wasn’t the only Dumbledore with ambition, just the only one who needed public support to thrive. Aberforth? He was the one who actually got things done.

part one

and i’d give up forever (to touch you) (ao3) - wearealldoomed

Summary: “What?” Dan mouths, head tilted to the side in bemusement, concern creeping up into his eyebrows.

Phil shakes his head, a shy smile on his lips as he tries to revert his attention back to the person in front of them. His hand twitches with a longing just to hold Dan’s, their fingers intertwined, keeping him close. It was only 11 days ago when Dan laced his hand with Phil’s for the first time but it had already found its place there, slotted together like the last two pieces of a puzzle, or magnets being drawn together after being apart for so long.

Bending over and spreading (a good book) wide (ao3) - skygremlin

Summary: Phil doesn’t really want to spend his Friday night reading a book, but Dan’s having too much fun with the joke after he attempted a monetization-friendly spin on “bending over and spreading wide” while playing InQueeries.

bob the builder (dans version) (ao3) - alooalex

Summary: can she fix it? no!

break me, shake me, devastate me (come here, baby) (ao3) - jonsaremembers

Summary: "What kind of more?" Phil searches his face. Dan wishes he had something there for Phil to find, but he can only shake his head. He doesn't know how to articulate what he wants.

breakfast (florida edition) (ao3) - blossomsphan

Summary: dan orders "grains and fresh fruit".

Duneussy (and other ways to say I love you) (ao3) - Lesbianphan

Summary: Dan's thoughts after his 33rd birthday livestream on DanandPhilGAMES, featuring the Dune bucket

don't tell me what to do (i'll love you forever if i want to) (ao3) - jonsaremembers

Summary: They have a fight. Dan pushes Phil away.

Forever is a terrifying concept (even about chocolate) (ao3) - skygremlin

Summary: "Some hot cocoa would sure hit the spot right now."

It's just a line in a video game, but yeah, hot cocoa would be really nice right about now.

Unfortunately, Phil can't have chocolate anymore, and it really sucks.

goddess on stage (human when we're alone) (ao3) - jonsaremembers

Summary: "You're very unfair on stage sometimes, you know that? Flirting with me, showing me your ass, calling me Daddy -"

"It's for the show," she protests.

"It's not." He flicks her nipple.

good to be alive (crying into cereal at midnight) (ao3) - jonsaremembers

Summary: Phil contemplates sleeping alone.

here comes the heat (before we meet) (ao3) - possumdnp

Summary: Three weeks is way too long to go without seeing each other and touching each other.

(Set during Dan’s February 2010 trip up north to see Phil after coming home from India.)

How Dan (Almost) Stole Christmas (ao3) - skygremlin

Summary: For thirty-three years Dan’s lived up in the hill districts outside Who-ville, watching the wealthy elites celebrate their Christmases in the valley with glitter and food and an unfathomable amount of expensive gifts while the rest of the world was left cold and hungry, completely ignored. Between the off-key choir concerts and the way he could feel the icy wind through his uninsulated walls on Crumpit Lane, he had enough of it. It’s time for Who-ville to see what Christmas is like for everyone else, even if that means taking it by force.

A How the Grinch Stole Christmas AU

i know (you love me for it) (ao3) - blossomsphan

Summary: Phil knows how to help them relax.

Love is You (conflict, conflict, conflict) (ao3) - euphor7a

Summary: She likes the word transfem. It sits in her chest, just above her ribs, like she grew it in her lungs. It describes her - trans(gender, cendent) and feminine.

A small exploration of something blooming in the forever home lounge.

(make me) your fantasy (ao3) - blossomsphan

Summary: "Oh," Phil mocked as he pulled Dan's hand out of his hair, letting his arm flop back limply on the mattress. Dan was all freckles and flushed pink skin, responsive and lovely and warm and pliant and his, and Phil had admired him enough— he wanted to see him wrecked.

(Phil wants to take pictures.)

One single thread of gold (tied me to you) (ao3) - Lesbianphan

Summary: Just a cute little fluffy one to celebrate the 15 years of Dan and Phil the best way I know how: through RPFing, of course!

(Phil) Michael (Lester) In The Bathroom (ao3) - cheese_sandwich30

Summary: After a fight with Dan during a VidCon party, Phil hides in the bathroom

please don't doubt (I will get this and I love you) (ao3) - jonsaremembers

Summary: They talk about marriage, and then they lapse into teasing. It's an old familiar pattern.

somewhere in the crowd (there's you) (ao3) - possumdnp

Summary: Far away from home on his "We're All Doomed!" tour, Dan can't stop thinking about how much he misses Phil.

(A WAD-era fic inspired by "Super Trouper" by ABBA)

switch it up (don’t stop) (ao3) - blossomsphan

Summary: post workout activities wink wink

wasted hours (before we knew) (ao3) - fastforwardty

Summary: “So this is the way the world ends,” Dan mumbled into Phil’s chest. “Fucking scorching.”

“I guess that’s my fault,” Phil smirked.

“Oh shut up,” Dan lifted his head from Phil’s chest and gave him that same silly I-can’t-be-mad-at-you grin they both missed more than they ever realized, pushing on his chest.

They needed this. Needed the laughter and the smiles and what was left of the good that had been left behind.

Wasteland, Baby (I'm in love with you) (ao3) - skygremlin

Summary: The end of the world is slow and quiet. There are no explosions, no riots, just the gradual buildup of floods and fires and earthquakes until the earth can’t take it anymore.

Dan doesn’t believe in the politicians and their ideas of “normalcy,” but he absolutely believes in Phil and would follow him through hell and back. Phil wants to believe in hope and fate, but what matters most is that through it all he still has Dan.

we'll be just fine (i know that we will) (ao3) - fastforwardty

Summary: Phil wants to buy a house, but he wants Dan to be happy more.

you flinch when you lie (and i notice every time) (ao3) - boxcar182