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Assistant: Title: Stay the Night
        Author: indistinct_echo indistinct_echo 
        Chapter: 2/3 
        Summary: Phil reaches out to him first. Dan had been perfectly content curling up on his side of the bed, not wanting to take up any more of Phil’s space than necessary in the face of his generosity. And it’s just a brush of a hand along Dan’s arm, but the touch leaves gooseflesh in its wake.Dan lets himself shift a little closer in the hopes that Phil will do it again. He does.
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    It’s not often that Dan thinks himself dealt the best hand, but he can’t help but feel sorry for every single other person in the world for not being in his place right now. There’s nowhere he’d rather be than in Phil’s arms.If this is how the universe decided to make up for the first eighteen awful years of his life, Dan thinks he got the better end of the bargain, overall._Phil has his editing program open on his laptop, but he isn’t doing any work. They normally don’t edit in bed — it’s one of their rules — but Phil had lost most of the day to a headache and, now that he’s feeling better, he’s somehow convinced Dan that, as long as he keeps the lights off, he should be able to edit just fine.Presumably, that was true, at least until Dan walked in.He’d only come to bed to keep Phil company and planned to f@ck around on his phone until they decided to go to sleep for real. But then he got distracted by all of the colors and shapes playing over the contours of Phil’s face and, well, he couldn’t tear his gaze away, not even when Phil caught him staring. It’s not like Phil actually called him out on it; he just started staring at Dan too.Dan doesn’t often have the chance to look, to take in the ways that Phil has physically matured in the few short years that they’ve known each other.His hair is tamer now, and his stubble grows more quickly than it used to, though Dan can’t see any in the dim light of the laptop screen. He has more confidence these days, and it’s evident in the way that he holds himself, no longer slouching into rounded shoulders whenever they’re in public.Dan’s heart warms; it’s really been lovely getting to grow up beside him.The two of them are so close now, both spatially and emotionally — he could lean over and kiss Phil if he wanted to. And, now that he’s thinking about it, he does actually kind of want to. There’s a very curious corner of his mind that aches to know what it would feel like. He’s pretty sure he’d enjoy it — it’s Phil, after all, and Dan likes everything with him.Phil would be okay with it, he thinks. They’ve generally been more tactile recently, sometimes even when not in bed. And continuing the things they do outside of bed is a hell of a lot scarier than trying something new while huddled in a cocoon of duvets.He likes that nothing is off limits in Phil’s bed. His own bedroom — if he can still call it that — never felt safe in the same way that this one does.But maybe that says more about Phil than the bedroom itself; he has a way of making it seem like anything is possible and then finding a way to make it so. It’s how he convinced Dan to start his YouTube channel, it’s how they plucked up the courage to move in together, it’s how leaning forward and pressing his lips to Phil’s seems like totally not a big deal.So, he starts to lean in and lets his gaze flicker down to Phil’s lips. But, when he looks back up, he catches the widening of Phil’s eyes, and that’s when the nerves finally kick in, strong enough to make him instinctively recoil and shift back towards his side of the bed. It’s only then that he notices the intensity of his heartbeat, and he tries to surreptitiously take a few deep breaths.Nothing happened, he tries to convince himself, there’s no reason to be tense.But Phil doesn’t let him get away with it.“Were you going to kiss me?” he asks, and Dan tries to listen carefully to the tone of the question over the sound of blood rushing through his ears. Phil doesn’t sound angry or upset, just curious.“What? No, of course not.”Phil makes a sound of disbelief, but Dan doesn’t put in any effort to convince him. 
  Whatever, there are worse things than Phil not falling for his very obvious lie. At least now they can move on. Maybe Phil will actually get back to the editing he’s supposed to be doing...
But, no. Instead, Phil shoves the laptop to the side and then rolls over so that he’s hovering over Dan, his hands pressing into the pillow on either side of his head.Phil sounds a lot more serious this time. “Dan. Were you going to kiss me?”There’s nowhere to hide, and Dan knows the truth is written all over his face. He swallows and nods.“Yes,” he whispers.“Okay then.”Phil rolls back off of him and retrieves his laptop before Dan can work up the courage to ask Phil what he meant by that.Dan doesn’t think the sh@tty heating is the reason why he suddenly feels so cold. He doesn’t know what Phil’s thinking or where they now stand. He isn’t even sure if he’s allowed to cuddle up close for warmth anymore.But he doesn’t ask, and Phil doesn’t offer any unprompted answers.The chill in his bones is only one reason why sleep doesn’t come easy that night._“Can we talk about it?”“Hm?” Dan asks, not taking his attention off of his phone. He had heard Phil just fine, but he wants to delay this conversation for as long as possible; he had spent half the day avoiding Phil out of fear that he would bring it up.This isn’t the way things are supposed to work between them. Dan’s never felt awkward or naïve around Phil before, and he doesn’t like that going after what he wanted is now making him feel both of those things.Maybe that means they do actually need to talk it out. F@ck. He puts his phone down and then forces himself to look Phil in the eye. “Yeah, sorry, we can talk.”“So…” Phil starts. “You almost kissed me last night.”Dan swallows down his embarrassment. “I almost did, yes.” He pauses, thinking. Then he asks, “What were your feelings about that?”“Well, first, what were your feelings about that? You’ve never tried to kiss me before, I don’t think.”Dan rolls his eyes. “You’re not very slick trying to turn this back on me. But just so you can’t argue — I never tried before because the idea had never occurred to me. Then last night it did, and I thought ‘huh, I wonder what that’s like.’ And voilà. Almost kiss.”He juts his chin in Phil’s direction. “Now you.”Phil sighs and runs a hand through his hair. “I was surprised and nervous and- and I was glad you didn’t go through with it.”There’s a sinking feeling in Dan’s chest. He reminds himself that this isn’t the end of the world; just like he’s allowed to want something, Phil’s allowed to not want something, and that doesn’t make it embarrassing for Dan to have wanted it in the first place.“Because before you kiss me — if you’re planning to try again, that is — there’s something I need to tell you.”Dan isn’t really sure he’s following.“It’s not a secret, and it’s not that I didn’t want to tell you, but it just never came up, like, specifically- well, it kind of did, but it was easier to not get into it, and also I was kind of scared even though I knew I didn’t have to be, so I never said anything. But like, if we’re going to kiss, I think it’s only fair if you know, you know?”“Um, no, I don’t. What are you talking about?”Phil takes a deep breath.“I’m gay.”_They’re wrestling. It isn’t something they typically do, but Dan was in the mood to both start some sh@t and cuddle, and this was his brain’s idea of a compromise.But the competing aggressive and affectionate desires must get knocked out of whack during their tussle because, as soon as Dan gets Phil pinned, he stops, uses his free hand to brush Phil’s fringe out of his eyes, and asks, “Can I kiss you now?”The words leave his mouth before he’s even really considered them. Kissing just so clearly feels like the next logical step in their relationship; there’s nothing he wants more than to be close to Phil, and kissing is simply an untapped well of connection.Phil looks up at him with surprise written all over his face. “You’re okay with knowing that it might be different for me?”“Because you’re gay?” Dan’s voice holds steady, but his heart flutters on the word.Phil swallows and nods.Dan doesn’t know how to explain that his desire to kiss Phil isn’t really tied to some overarching s@xuality, whatever that is. And it’s not that he doesn’t think of Phil as male, but he also doesn’t think of him specifically as a man either. He’s just Phil, and that’s what matters most.But that feels too heavy and complicated to talk about right now — he doesn’t have a neat little word to sum it all up the way that Phil had when he came out — and it’s much easier to make a flirty joke. So he smirks. “Guess that just means I have the extra responsibility of making sure you enjoy it.”“Hey! You’ll hopefully like it too, even if it’s not the same.”Dan very much wants that to be true. “There’s only one way to find out,” he mumbles, more to himself than for Phil’s sake. “Then, yeah,” Phil says with a small smile, “you can kiss me.”So, without another word, Dan lowers his head and closes his eyes right before their lips brush. Phil kisses back slowly but immediately. Dan smiles against his mouth; the cautious enthusiasm feels so distinctly Phil, and that’s all Dan’s ever wanted._Phil leans over and kisses Dan goodnight._Dan pulls back from Phil’s neck to stop himself from leaving a mark that can’t be covered up by a t-shirt, but Phil tightens the hand in Dan’s hair.“Keep going,” he says between heavy breaths. “It’s worth it. I can film another day.”It might just be the best sentence Dan’s ever heard._“I’ve developed feelings,” Phil announces as he swings open the door and enters into the room.“Good for you,” Dan says with a snort. “What kind of feelings are we talking about here, bub?”Phil waves his hands around. “Romantic and sexual and fluttery ones.” He walks over to his side of the bed and belly-flops onto it. “I’m such a stereotype — you make me come once, and I’m suddenly an emotional, gooey mess.”Dan blushes; what they did last night sounds so crass when Phil says it like that.Then he processes the rest of what Phil said. At first, he can’t stop himself from thinking, yeah, that does seem pretty queer, but he quickly dismisses the thought when he realizes that it was spoken in the voice of his former school bullies. The thoughts in his own voice aren’t saying anything like that — they’re too busy focusing on the ‘you’ part of Phil’s declaration.“These feelings… they’re for me?” It feels so awkward to ask, but he needs to be sure.Phil nods into his pillow.
  Well, sh@t.
“I’m sorry,” Phil says, “I wasn’t trying to make anything weird, the feelings just happened.”Dan wants to run a soothing hand down Phil’s back, but isn’t sure if that would help the situation.“What can I do to help?”Phil rearranges himself until he’s sitting cross-legged and facing Dan.“Be here?” His voice cracks on the second word. “I know that’s not really fair to ask, and obviously you don’t have to, but, yeah, that’s what would help.”Dan has so many more questions on the tip of his tongue, but he isn’t sure it’s okay for him to ask. Phil spares him by sighing, running a hand through his hair, and then continuing to explain.“I’m not asking you to stay to, like, be with you. I’m asking because you’re my best friend. It’s fine that you don’t feel the same way, and I’m not like pining or hoping that’s going to change. These are just feelings, and I don’t want them to get in the way of everything that makes us us.”“So, you don’t want anything to change?” Dan asks. “Even all of the bed-sharing and the… other stuff?” He can’t bring himself to call it sex, even if he’s knows that’s what it technically is. The physical aspect just isn’t really the main point of what they’ve done, so it feels weird to call it something so base.“Maybe if you were someone different, I’d feel like I needed to stop it in order to get my head back on straight, but you’re just you.” Phil shrugs.Dan isn’t sure whether to smile or take offense. “What do you mean?”“Other than when we first started talking, I’ve never really felt the need to impress you. I’m very comfortable being myself around you because well, you’re Dan, and you never judge or make fun of me or anything. So, I don’t think I’m going to feel the need to make myself seem better or more impressive or change myself to get you to like me. Around you, my head always feels like it’s on straight.”Dan swallows. He doesn’t know why there are tears suddenly pricking at the corners of his eyes. “And if I want something to change?”Phil’s gaze goes steely. “Then it changes, no questions asked. Did you want to take some time to think about it? I can sleep in your room for a bit, if it helps — I know you sleep better here.”Dan sighs. “I can’t imagine either one of us is going to get much sleep tonight. And if we’re both going to have sh@tty nights, the least we can do is spend it together.”'
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