phan au #2
no one asked for this at all. all of my aus are slowly becoming fluffier and nicher and we are nearing the point of unrelatable content. this is entirely just for myself because it is not nearly emotionally deep enough for anyone to actually enjoy but here goes Nothing!!!!
phil supposes his life could’ve gone in many different directions. he could’ve abandoned art all together when he was younger, decided to become a doctor or a lawyer, but fate had other plans for phil.
he wasn’t the best painter in his art class in elementary school, but his enthusiasm made up for lack of natural talent. years down the road, this joy turned him into not a bad student at all. phil liked watercolors the most, and he continued this hobby all throughout high school, and most of college, until he realized that this love of art could potentially make him some money.
upon talking with a friend of a friend that lives on his hall, he met with a woman who was looking for a replacement artist for painting teacups and mugs while she was dealing with her pregnancy. phil had a steady hand and adopted the skill quite well.
this lead to phil painting teacups on his own time, which lead to him being hired full time by the lady when he was out of college. here, she allowed phil to start doing his own designs, which picked up some traction, which allowed phil to start decorating more expensive china, which lead to some higher end customers, which lead to quite busy days for phil, and for the tiny shop that he worked in.
one of phil’s more recent (and more strange) requests was from a blonde lady by the name of louise, who came in asking about a tea set with the most strange requests for china phil had ever heard of. instead of the regular flowers or animals or countrysides, louise was willing to pay of ufos and characters from TV shows (she printed out reference pictures, although phil was already familiar with most of them).
she said that the designs were for a friend of her’s, who was celebrating his birthday soon. louise said she thinks they’d get along, and said that she hoped they could meet one day. after choosing the most expensive china options phil’s shop offered, she was on her way, only to appear after a week to pick up her order and bid him a farewell.
this is where my crazy niche au takes us; june 11th. this specific day in june happened to be the birthday for crown prince of england*, prince daniel howell, who was celebrating his 25th birthday. among the various lavish presents he received, one from his friend from childhood stood out.
louise got him a tea set. not just any old tea set, one with memes HANDPAINTED on them, and with all of the saucers having celebrity faces on them (including evan peters, and other such celebs). they were FUCKING ridiculous and dan died looking at them. louise said she got them from a small shop and that she thought dan would like the owner, so he decided he needed to see the person who painted the tea set.
phil didn’t expect to be spending his lunch break the next day riding in a limo** with eerily silent men in suits, but when they walked into the shot and said his full name and to “come with them,” phil just allowed himself to be shepherded out of the shop without a fight. this car ride, however, ended at a fucking palace.
he was soon greeted by louise, and after many security checkpoints and such, was lead down various hallways to a room where dan, in FULL PRINCELY ATTIRE (wearing a fuckin crown***) greeted him. dan said that he wanted to meet him since he received the tea set for his birthday. phil was nervous and shakey but managed to make prince dan laugh a few times, to which dan responded that phil should stay for lunch. the three dined together, which is when phil realized that whoever managed dan’s PR did a great job of making him not seem like a stupid idiot that he was.
the next week in the shop, assuming that their lunch date was a once in a lifetime thing, phil was minding his own business when dan (in shades and a baseball hat) came strolling through the door, hoping to have lunch with phil in the shop. dan gestured to the brown paper bag he was carrying, and the security guards outside, and phil didn’t really know what to say except for yes.
this lead to their lunch dates becoming a fairly regular occurrence. this lead to the two becoming unlikely friends, including dan stopping in for one of their public “make your own mug!” classes, much to the media’s delight.
phil wanted to ask out dan for ages, but didn’t know the decorum about dating a prince, so he waited for dan, who in turn, asked phil if he would accompany him to “idk like a ball or something u can borrow a tux” over text, then later calling and specifying that phil would be going as his date. during the ball, phil, flustered, blurted out the question if they were dating to which dan responded something stupid like “well i sure hope so”
phil painted this moment onto a creamer for the commemorative tea set that he gifts dan for their one year wedding anniversary. they live happily ever after and no one ever dies ever and i pass my next calc midterm the end!!!!!
NOTES: *i don’t actually know what the title is sue me ** u can bet dan did this just to freak phil out *** he also did this just to freak phil out
