#rich!phil

Links last checked: June 25th, 2025

part one

American Psycho/American Beauty (ao3) - prettysweet

Summary: Dan, the new bad boy, who has been attending Phil’s high school for only a week has girls all over him and everyone knows he fucks girls almost everyday. Two weeks later Dan takes a liking for Phil. They fuck. Dan fucks other people. Phil doesn’t.

Bury Your Flame - botanistlester

Summary: After receiving a dragon egg when his grandfather passed away, Phil is forced to ask for help from the local dragon tamer. As he soon finds out, Dan Howell is nothing he’s been expecting. Infuriating, ludicrous, and completely lacking respect, Dan is everything Phil hates. But Phil will do anything to make his grandfather proud, even if that means getting help from the local cluck.

Crossing the Line (ao3) - dakogutin

Summary: After billionaire Phil Lester meets an unfortunate incident that ends him up in hospital with no memories, Dan Howell— a mistreated employee convinces Phil that he is Dan's working-class husband to get back at him with the many hardships he faced as an employee. What could go wrong?

Imagine Living Like a King One Day - pianodan

Summary: Southview Boarding School isn’t a castle and Phil Lester isn’t royalty, but he has everything. His father owns the school, he’s popular, has the best room, gets all the best treatment – there are very few things that aren’t handed to him on a platter. Dan is a cleaner/Phil’s personal maid there, and he isn’t as lucky. Everyone seems to take an aversion to the outsider, including Phil (at first).

Living is Easy with My Eyes Closed (ao3) - TheUKAmazingDan

Summary: September 19, 1976

Dan Howell liked pretty things and a pretty guy, but not the one who was interested in him. No, Dan was infatuated with someone he couldn't have.

based off of the Colors music video by Halsey.

Sail Away With Me - paradisobound

Summary: It was a fluke. Dan shouldn’t have ever gone with Sam to a party on a yacht. He shouldn’t have trusted her to go. But in a chance encounter, he ends up in bed with Phil Lester, a billionaire CEO of a luxury clothing company. When he thinks he’s screwed up enough, he realizes he’s in way too deep. Because Phil Lester has fallen in love with him. The catch: Dan gave Phil a fake name and all Phil has to remember Dan by is the tattoo on his hip and the necklace he left behind.

Sugar Daddy, Sugar Baby (ao3) - Spring_Haze

Summary: Dan Howell is a nineteen-year-old student who is going though the motions. He seeks guidance and companionship, finding it unexpectedly in Phil Lester, a millionaire filmmaker who happens to be seeking companionship and partnership. The two men enter into a consentual sugar relationship agreement that, over time, becomes much, much, more than paper.

Sweet Sugar Meeting - trysomecats

Summary: Rich CEO and businessman Phil Lester is fed up with being lonely, which is why he decides to become a sugar daddy. Dan ends up being the perfect candidate for a sugar baby. 

Take a Trip Into My Garden (Got So Much to Show You) (ao3) - thesassykels66

Summary: Daniel, a polite professional gardener, happens to be in love with someone he shouldn't be.

And his name is Philip.

The Mansion - trysomecats

Summary: Dan is oddly satisfied with his position as a servant for Phil Lester, until he finds out that Phil had originally bought him for things aside from housework. 

The Real Reason Why (ao3) - maytheday

Summary: The Howell family goes to Mrs. Lester's birthday party, where Dan meets a boy named Phil.

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bad summary (and title, really) but im proud of this one (at least i am rn) so you should read it maybe

The Starbucks Game (ao3) - aby55al (abyssa1)

Summary: Rich boy Phil puts an inappropriate word for his name at Starbucks and his barista Dan gets embarrassed having to say it. Then they have sex.

we’ll never be royals (extended) - phanimist

Summary: After a successful turn-over in the company’s business, a result caused by Phil, he is awarded the car as a gift from his father who happens to be head of the entire company. Thrilled to drive the car again, Phil gladly volunteers to have a short business meeting with the owner of a successful 1960’s diner in the heart of the city.

Working four days a week in a uniform consisting of a red and white aesthetic and rollerskates, Daniel Howell is a Business Uni student with an abusive boyfriend and an immense love for 80’s cult classic movies. When working a typical shift, Dan trips up and nearly tumbles to the floor but gets caught by the boy with jet black hair and stunning crystal blue eyes. The simple beginnings of an extraordinary friendship.

Genre: Fluff / Slow Burn

Warnings:  Slow Burn, Strangers to Lovers, Fluff, Abusive Relationship, Rich Phil, Poor Dan, Comfort.

Read the Story on AO3 :D

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dan Howell/Phil Lester Characters: Dan Howell, Phil Lester, Phil Lester’s Family, Dan Howell’s Parents, Louise Pentland, PJ Liguori, Chris Kendall Additional Tags: Punk Dan Howell, Artist Phil Lester, Rich Phil Lester, Alternate Universe - Teenagers, Summer Vacation, Blushing, Sexual Tension, Partying, Underage Drinking, Underage Smoking, Mild Sexual Content, Masturbation, Fluff, Angst, Coming Out, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Sexting, First Love, Self-Discovery Summary:

I’m not super sure, but is it this fic?

SUPER RICH KIDS (wattpad) - foreverhome-

Summary: phan // in which a rich kid meets a cute homeless boy who has something he needs.

Sail Away With Me - paradisobound

Summary: It was a fluke. Dan shouldn’t have ever gone with Sam to a party on a yacht. He shouldn’t have trusted her to go. But in a chance encounter, he ends up in bed with Phil Lester, a billionaire CEO of a luxury clothing company. When he thinks he’s screwed up enough, he realizes he’s in way too deep. Because Phil Lester has fallen in love with him. The catch: Dan gave Phil a fake name and all Phil has to remember Dan by is the tattoo on his hip and the necklace he left behind.

Links last checked: May 29th, 2025

Acknowledged - trysomecats

Summary: Rich CEO Phil Lester meets Dan Howell, an adorable pastel-colored boy who is looking for a job, and decides that he has to hire him immediately.

Barstool Fairytale - phandabbydosey

Summary: Dan is a thief and Phil is a liar, both boy’s making their way through life miserable and alone. One night they meet and, after sharing a few glasses of whiskey, realise they might have finally found someone to love.

Better With You By My Side - phanlight

Summary: Dan and Phil are both sons of rich families and are sent to ballroom dancing lessons. Because there is a shortage of girls, Dan and Phil end up as partners. Phil really doesn’t want to be there and Dan doesn’t either, but is so frustrated by the fact Phil doesn’t want to dance with him he is determined to get him to.

Blossom - crescendohowell

Summary: Phil is a rich businessman who decides to leave the city in favor of buying a house in the country.  He expected to find beauty in the house and the surrounding gardens, but he didn’t account for a cute gardener who loves flowers and hates him.

Caught In A Web - trysomecats

Summary: Dan was offered to join Willow Grove Academy, Britain’s most prestigious and renowned private school, on a full scholarship. All of the other students are rich, unlike Dan who comes from a modern lower class society. Things become complicated when he lies about his background to Phil Lester, the most popular and richest boy in the school.

Domination (wattpad) - StayStrongLittleLove

Summary: Phil is the head of a CEO and a dominant to Dan Howell. When they go to a BDSM party that one of Phil’s friends is throwing - and that Dan doesn’t want to go to - he tries to make Phil jealous so they go home earlier. Phil isn’t having it.

Love That Passes (Is Enough) (ao3) - nihilist_toothpaste

Summary: Phil is a sad divorcee who lives in a mansion. Dan starts as a nervous and weirdly loud law student hired to work part-time as Phil’s poolboy-slash-housekeeper and turns into so much more.

Magic In The Hamptons (ao3) - t_hens

Summary: Phil is bored with going to parties every weekend with people he doesn’t like. Bored of going to school for a degree he hates just to please his parents. Bored of pretty much everything in his life, until he meets Dan, an inscrutable college student, who shows him that maybe he can have the things he wants in life - he just has to be brave enough to pursue them.

Million Dollar Man (ao3) - metal_arm_metal_shield

Summary: An AU where Dan and Phil are both powerful, filthy rich, and just plain filthy men. At an extravagant business party hosted by Phil, Dan steals him away to give him a show.

Paramour (ao3) - dannihowell (iguessicantry)

Summary: Phil, a wealthy businessman, is having an affair with Dan while married to a woman.

Professionally, Yours (ao3) -  deletable_bird

Summary: Dan is an overworked, underpaid, very homosexual uni student in need of an easy job. Phil is a successful, rather lonely businessman in need of a housekeeper. This is their story.

Rags And Riches - phandabbydosey

Summary: Spoilt brat Philip Lester is used to having all his problems solved for him, even his problems with the law. Fed up with his attitude and behaviour, Phil’s parents refuse to buy him out of trouble and Phil soon finds himself sentenced to community service where he comes across a homeless boy with deep brown eyes who might be able to change the way Phil sees the world entirely.

The Bad Boy Experiment - excessivephan

Summary: Teenagers Dan Howell and Zoe Sugg work together to find out what the effects of changing nerdy invisible good boy Dan to sexy popular bad boy Dan will have on the public. Dan isn’t too excited about the experiment until the rich and popular goody goody Phil Lester notices him.

Treat Me Gently (ao3) - Leswell

Summary: An university student who's mastering as a pianist, Dan Howell, is out of the money to pay his next semester's tuition and there is Phil Lester, a CEO of famous company, who offers Dan 'special job'.

Trust Me, I’m Broken Too (ao3) - natigail

Summary: After a successful turn-over in the company’s business, a result caused by Phil, he is awarded the car as a gift from his father who happens to be head of the entire company. Thrilled to drive the car again, Phil gladly volunteers to have a short business meeting with the owner of a successful 1960’s diner in the heart of the city.

Working four days a week in a uniform consisting of a red and white aesthetic and rollerskates, Daniel Howell is a Business Uni student with an abusive boyfriend and an immense love for 80’s cult classic movies. When working a typical shift, Dan trips up and nearly tumbles to the floor but gets caught by the boy with jet black hair and stunning crystal blue eyes. The simple beginnings of an extraordinary friendship.

Genre: Fluff

Warnings:  Slow Burn, Strangers to Lovers, Fluff, Abusive Relationship, Rich Phil, Poor Dan, Comfort.

Links Last Checked: March 30th, 2025

Acknowledge - trysomecats

Summary: Dan has been working at Lester Global Inc for two weeks now. His co-worker Louise is absolutely sure that their boss has a massive crush on the newest employee, but Dan has trouble acknowledging it. Contains pastel!Dan + rich and successful Phil. 

Blossom - crescendohowell

Summary: Phil is a rich businessman who decides to leave the city in favor of buying a house in the country.  He expected to find beauty in the house and the surrounding gardens, but he didn’t account for a cute gardener who loves flowers and hates him.

Born To Die (ao3) - sheriff_lester

Summary: Lonely businessman Phil Lester and lonely stripper Dan Howell.

Fool with Feelings (ao3) - cockwhoredan

Summary: Cam boy Dan has never been this obedient for a guest who hasn’t tipped. Businessman Phil has never been this happy with a misclick.

Holding Onto You (ao3) - xxxwhy

Summary: Dan Howell is a thief, a pickpocket, who has a surprisingly kind heart. His life has gone haywire for as long as he can remember, but he's trying to make the most of what he's been given. Phil Lester is a young uprising businessman who is close to his final breakthrough to the world of fortune and wealth. This is a story about the time when Dan just so happens to steal something from Phil and their paths cross, turning their worlds upside down.

losing the feeling (of feeling unique) (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: dan is homeless and phil is a wealthy business man.

Million Dollar Man (ao3) - metal_arm_metal_shield

Summary: An AU where Dan and Phil are both powerful, filthy rich, and just plain filthy men. At an extravagant business party hosted by Phil, Dan steals him away to give him a show.

Paramour (ao3) - dannihowell (anotherdaughter)

Summary: Phil, a wealthy businessman, is having an affair with Dan while married to a woman.

Professionally, Yours (ao3) -  deletable_bird

Summary: Dan is an overworked, underpaid, very homosexual uni student in need of an easy job. Phil is a successful, rather lonely businessman in need of a housekeeper. This is their story.

Sweet Sugar Meeting - trysomecats

Summary: Rich CEO and businessman Phil Lester is fed up with being lonely, which is why he decides to become a sugar daddy. Dan ends up being the perfect candidate for a sugar baby.

The Business Man (ao3) - gaywizard

Summary: Dan is homeless, and everyday Business!Phil walks past in his fancy suits. The have never talked until one day Phil walks past and farts, and Dan can’t help but laugh.

you just accidentally fell asleep on my shoulder, but i don't mind (ao3) - what_the_gosh_dang