âEdge Of Your Seatâ (2) Masterlist
Links last checked: July 9th, 2025
a match and a fuse (ao3) - waveydnp
Summary: Phil is twenty six years old and stuck in a dead end life. He works at Starbucks and may or may not be carrying a torch for his best friend of eight years. He doesn't know who he is or what he wants--or how to go about figuring it out.
That all starts to change when he happens upon the resume of a certain law school grad named Daniel.
A Stolen Ring (ao3) - bluejazzberrys
Summary: Danâs not normal. Why?
He's not human, he has a mysterious ring, and he hates Phil Lester. They have a strange past, one filled with bullying and avoidance, but when Dan turns into an incubus, everything changes. He struggles with his identity and cries himself to sleep most nights, yearning to be normal. And somehow the universe makes it worse by bringing him and Phil together - in the most literal sense.
Charlotte (ao3) - dannihowell (anotherdaughter)Â
Summary: When Dan's little sister needs a home, he and Phil offer a place to stay.
Hawk and Dove (ao3) - aprilflowers96
Summary: In a world where super powers plague people all over the world, Dan Howell fights to keep his emotions and pyrokinesis under control. After years of success, Dan is outed and whisked away to a school that claims to teach him to use his abilities âsafelyâ. Still unable to control the fire that seems to rage under his skin, Danâs only solace is in his roommate Phil, who canât seem to stop turning things to ice. While trying to end the corruption at The School, the team discovers the real reason theyâre being held. In an explosion of fist fights, super suits, and betrayal, Dan and Phil try to do what they feel is right.
i don't blame you much (for wanting to be free) (ao3) - The_Blonde
Summary: "Phil first saw Dan, in a tiny museum in Manchester, wearing a nametag that said Dylan, cleaning one tiny patch of floor over and over, fringe falling in his eyes, staring at The Sea at Saintes-Maries like it was the best thing he had ever seen, like he was looking at something behind it, something hidden. Phil had said, âhey, thatâs my favourite too. Everyone always walks straight past it,â and Dan had jumped like a startled cat and then instantly scurried off.
Phil had thought no wait stay.
And Dan hadnât, obviously."
Or: Art Thief Dans and the Phils who love them.
If You Don't Love Me, Pretend (ao3) - phantasticworks
Summary: All his life, Dan has wanted to have the chance to be a parent someday. He would be the best parent that ever existed, he was sure of it. Fostering might not be the most traditional way on the road to parenting, but Dan's dead set on doing it anyway. But, well, it would be easier with a co-parent, right?
the bed-sharing, fake relationship, friends-to-lovers, parent fic i was desperate to read; when i shouted into the void and was met with silence, i decided i'd do it myself
If You Think You Know Me (ao3) - INeverHadMyInternetPhase
Summary: Fiction. Philâs a police Sergeant. Heâs been itching to get promoted to Inspector for ages, but to do so, he needs to crack his biggest case - famed internet hacker the Howler. Philâs been after him for years, but heâd never managed to get even a hint towards his identity. When he meets a hot stranger in a bar one night, Phil thinks his luck might just be turning up. But maybe getting close to this particular stranger isnât the best idea.
lethal (wattpad) - -originofsymmetry
Summary: ('LETHAL' SERIES PART I)
Of course, having the ability to change and move objects using nothing more than brain power has its perks, but being sent to a special school isolated from all other humans is definitely not one of them in Phil Lester's mind.
In the eyes of Dan Howell, being feared is far better than being loved; the latter is overrated - it's one of the only things he's sure of.
Coming from a world where you are different and into another where you're just another indistinguishable face in the crowd takes a while to adjust to.
Especially when there are people who could provide fatal consequences if you were to cross them.
Like a moth to a flame (ao3) - sierraadeux
Summary: Phil has been searching for somethingâsomeoneâfor the past ten years of his life. Dan would like to think he tells his boyfriend everything, but he just can't bring himself to tell Phil that his search is over.
Monochrome (ao3) - intoapuddle
Summary: When you build your life out of fear that your mental illness could worsen, it leaves little room for excitement. Luckily, Dan has found a space online where he feels comfortable.
Summary: in a world where your moods are visible above your head, displayed through pictures and icons, it's impossible to hide your true feelings.
however dan howell seems to be lacking this. labelled as an emotionless freak, dan is outcasted because his moods are never visible. that is, until an endlessly happy boy named phil wonders why.
red snow (ao3) - watergator
Summary: dan and phil's dream vacation soon becomes their worst nightmare
Ride With the Moon In the Dead of Night (ao3) - mooksie01
Summary: Phil seriously needs to buy some allergy medicine or something. Or at least open a window next time he performs a demonic ritual. He wouldn't have thought that one little sneeze could've messed up a spell so bad, but now he has a demon on his hands and only six days to get rid of it before he's stuck with it forever.
...And maybe the demon is acting like a total cinnamon roll, but Phil is positive that it's all just an elaborate ruse.
slutville, population two (ao3) - dayevsphil
Summary: Dan and Phil both have reputations for sleeping around. Their friends don't think they could hold down a relationship if they wanted to. Sounds like a challenge to them.
In Dan's defense, tequila makes anything seem like a good idea.
Still Reaching For You (wattpad) - Madeleine-Coffey
Summary: When Dan falls to his death at a cliff, Phil blames himself and drowns himself in guilt. Dan's spirit still roams the earth, and ends up haunting Phil (accidentally). When Phil lands himself in hospital the day of Dan's funeral, Dan will do anything he can to help Phil, but the harder he tries the harder it gets. During his attempts to reach Phil, Dan upsets the balance between the living and the dead and is left with a choice; save the world. Or save Phil.
The Tortured Angels (wattpad) - deadpens
Summary: Me and Phil are gonna get through this, I'm not quitting now, I just need to keep trying, that's all. Â I know things are bad right now, really, really bad. Â But I still got Phil, and that must count for something, right?
  I know there's no way out, I know nothing can change who we are and where we're stuck, and I know Dan is holding out for something good to happen, but I know that's not gonna happen.  But I got to make sure Dan keeps fighting, because just maybe I can get him out of this.  He's all that matters now.
  Dan and Phil are human-avian hybrids thrown from one bad situation to the next.  All the way from a cruel experimental lab to a twisted circus.  Through all of this they've had each other, but even that may not be enough for them to survive.
Those Who Trust - theshyauthor
Summary: Dan used to be a submissive and now heâs just a broken shell of a man.
Your Crowning Glory (ao3) - pasteldanhowells, rainbowchristy
Summary: Dan is 18 years old when the news is suddenly sprung upon him that he is next line to be the next king of Genovia, but things donât go as smoothly as he thought, between having a suddenly busy schedule, a new lifestyle, an arranged marriage that Dan has no control over, and worst of all, Philip Lester trying to steal his crown.
