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Andrew Porter

PHANDY - Art Director @ Gardens Interactive

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So I was wondering what it would look like if Dan and Phil adopted a kid and so I wrote this little thing but just a warning it made me really emotional so I wouldn’t suggest reading

Don’t imagine them moving all of Dan’s stuff into Phil’s room and redecorating Dan’s room with pinks and purples and a little sized bed and flowery lace curtains and building all the furniture together

 Don’t imagine them both laying awake all night, nervously staring at the ceiling but not saying anything because they think the other is asleep and then jumping out of bed and driving for three hours and pulling up in front of a sprawling building and then sitting there in the car for a couple seconds with their hearts pounding and then they get out with smiles and too nervous/excited to speak and they get in and even though it’s a crowd of kids they see her and they just know

 Don’t imagine her with sloppy bangs and short black braids and when she first meets them she’s scared by these two tall men and hides behind the lady’s legs but DON’T imagine Dan crouching down and smiling and talking to her and showing her a picture book they got for her because they heard she likes pretty colors and so she reaches out and grabs it and sits down to read it

 Don’t imagine Phil asking her questions and getting her to laugh and finding out she has the exact same sense of humor at them and she thinks that Phil is the funniest person ever

 Don’t imagine them giving her a tour and leading her by the hand and she loves their house and her room and all the pretty colors on the walls and they stand back while she looks through the drawers and drawers of clothes and toys and books

 DO NOT imagine them spoiling her and getting her every single thing that she wants and Dan being absolutely wrapped around her finger and doing whatever she wants even when Phil tells him not to

 DON’T IMAGIne Phil sleeping in on a Saturday morning and waking up and going into the tv room to see Dan braiding her hair while she watches cartoons

Don’t imagine dan reading a bedtime and sitting next to her in bed and she has her head propped up on her hands reading along

 DON’T imagine them going on walks around London but only because she begged to go see the city lights but they went too far and her legs got tired and phil gives her a piggyback ride on the way back home

 DON’T imagine even a year later standing in the doorway of her room as they say goodnight and looking back on how much their lives have changed to orbit completely around their daughter and they’re struggling to realize that they have a daughter and she’s so cute and beautiful and wonderful and they feel that inexplicable overwhelming feeling in their chest and they look at each other so proud and teary eyed and they don’t have to say anything they just know

 Do nOT EVEN IMAGine Dan digging up all his old tapes and dvds of Winnie the pooh and watching them with her for the first time in decades and her vocabulary slowly changing just like his did

Don’t imagine dan staying up late to research a good preschool to make sure she doesn’t get hurt and bullied like he did and talking to her about bullying and what to do when other kids are mean and trying to teach her to be nice back but at the same time not take any shit

Andrew Porter

PHANDY - Concept Art / Design / Lead / Direction

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