#danielhowellcomingout

Pairing: Dan Howell x Male!Reader

Requested: No

Prompt: Dan decides to come out to YouTube. You, being the nicest boyfriend ever, decides to help him with the shooting of the video. People see your head in a little part of his coming out video and rumors, as well as drama, ensues. 

Warnings: Swearing and hate (towards reader when the fans figure out it’s you)

Authors Note: This prompt had been on my mind for awhile and I just now decided to write it out as an imagine. 

Word Count: 1,236

You helped Dan as he set up his set for his new video. You were so happy for that he was coming out to his fans and just everyone else, who didn’t know his personal life, in general on the internet. You had known that he had wanted to come out for awhile but wanted to wait for the right moment. That’s when you suggested he do it during Pride month. He had agreed and here you both were setting up the black background and the big ring light that was always set right beside his camera. 

Now who are you exactly? Let’s go back to the day you and Dan met. It was during Vidcon and you were a fairly known Youtuber and you had a panel right before Dan. You had been done with your panel and meeting fans when you had run into Dan.  

“I’m s- omigod you’re Dan Howell.” You blurted out without realizing it. You had to admit that you were fan of Dan and actually meeting him left you speechless. He chuckled, helping you pick your stuff, as well as you helping him pick up his stuff. He didn’t say anything until everything was back to their rightful owner. 

“And you’re Y/N L/N. I’m quite a fan of you and your prank videos.” Dan said, holding his hand out to shake yours. You shook it and replied, “Me too- I mean, I’m a fan of you and your videos as well.” You said, correcting yourself. He nodded and was about to speak again when Phil gestured to him to tell him that they were about to be up. 

“Do you mind if I ask for your number? You know, just in case we don’t see each other after Phil and I’s panel.” Dan asked, quickly, sounding quite nervous while saying it. You nodded and wrote down your number on a piece of paper and handed it to him, waving goodbye as he rushed to the entrance of where the panel was being held. 

After that, Dan had texted you and you two hung out for the longest time before he had the courage to come out to you and ask you out. He was a nervous wreck before you told you as well. You had been out for awhile so he wasn’t worried about you not accepting him, he was worried that you might’ve rejected him when he asked you out. And now here the two of you were.

“Okay, Y/N, I think everything is perfect. Now get out of the frame before I have to come out to the whole world about two things before I’m ready about one of them.” He joked, but not really, pushing you playfully out of the frame of the camera. You giggled and got behind the camera pointing to him when it was recording. 

You heard a sigh come from him and then his famous “Hello, internet.” Dan was coming out of the closet. 

You knew that Dan had wanted the video to be a long one and he had warned you about bringing something to occupy yourself and something to eat and drink. You had listened to him about bringing something to occupy yourself, but not the food and drink part. So about an hour into the video, you were hungry. 

Now, to get from your spot to the kitchen it would mean you would have to walk past the camera. So you thought about doing the one thing any logical person would do: crouch down and walk over until you’re out of sight from the camera. Dan didn’t notice what you were doing until you were already walking and he got distracted for a second. 

“You could’ve told me you were hungry and I could have stopped this so you’d be able to walk past.” He said, chuckling, as he watched you, still crouched down on the floor. You shrugged and walked into the kitchen after mumbling; “What’s the fun in that?” He just shook his head and continued on talking, reminding himself to make sure you weren’t in the frame and to cut the part of him being distracted by you. 

By the time he was done and editing, he had forgotten to look for you in the frame and hadn’t noticed that a little part of your head could be seen for about three seconds before Dan had cut the part of him talking to you. The next day, the video was uploaded and that’s when everything took a turn for the good and for the worse. 

You were scrolling through twitter, reading all of the tweets about Dan’s video when you came across one that almost made you spill your drink all over yourself and your laptop. ‘@fansusername: did anyone else see @y/t/n in Dan’s video at 7:40? I swear that’s his head and not Phil’s for many reasons.’ Attached with the tweet was a few second clip of Dan’s video where you could clearly see a part of your head and no one could mistake your hair color with Phil’s. You tried to think of why people automatically assumed it’s you. There are tons of people out there with same color as you, just because you had that hair color doesn’t mean it’s you, right? As you kept on scrolling, more and more people were tweeting about you popping up. Freaked out, you rushed over to Dan, almost bumping into him as he was making himself some coffee. Dan turned around, his hands up.

“Woah there, where’s the fire?” He joked, his smile turning into a frown when he noticed your panicked expression. “What happened?” He asked in a rushed tone, leading you back to the couch so you both could sit down and talk about it. You pointed to your laptop, silently, and he picked it up, turning it back on. He read some of the tweets, a silent laugh appearing on his face. “That’s what you’re so worried about? People know we’re friends and I left that bit in there on purpose. No one will suspect anything except that you were just goofing around.” Dan said after awhile of reading the tweets. 

You shook your head, pointing to some of the ones he hadn’t read. “Really? Doesn’t seem to me like they think we’re ‘just friends,’ Dan. I was in your coming out video for fucks sake! Everyone knows I’m gay and you coming out just further proves to the fans that we’re dating. Did you read any of the hate comments as well? There’s some pretty nasty ones.” You said, taking your laptop back to show him the ones you were talking about. “Ooh, how about this one? ‘Dan and y/n are together? I actually preferred it when everyone was shipping Phan.’ Or; ‘Y/n really? I wouldn’t peg someone like Dan to go out with someone who dresses the way y/n does and still says he’s a guy and is gay.’ There’s plenty more-”

You were then cut off by Dan’s lips being pressed onto your own. You knew it was his favorite way to shut you up, and most of the time you didn’t mind it, but not this time. You still wanted to speak your mind about the whole situation. You pulled back, quickly getting up. 

“We have to do something about this.”

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