Faeries (Phan) {COMPLETED}

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(S/O to Mikayla who I gave special permission to read this, if ya made it this far love you :P)

(Also there's an abuse tw in this one and it's in the first flashback so maybe skip over that if you're sensitive)

*Dan's POV*

I froze.

Where was Phil?

I had run - no - sprinted all the way to the fort, and Phil and his sleeping bag were gone. He didn't have anywhere else to go. What if he'd gone back to his real home?

/Flashback: Phil and I are sitting in our tree, talking about life. A thought hits me.

"Phil, why did you leave home?" I ask, but immediately regret it. Phil sits up and looks at me. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked, oh n-"

"It's fine," Phil assures me, "I'll explain. All my life my parents neglected me. They always babied my older sister but looked upon me like I was trash. Disgusting, filthy scum. At some point they started abusing drugs, heroin I think it was, and my sister was able to leave the house in time. I was too young, and I had to stay behind. They started abusing me and making me feel worthless. I tried to run to my sister's new home, but her boyfriend abused me too. I ended up sneaking into my house while my parents were out buying more heroin and grab some of my things, and I barely made it out. The day after I left, I found you, and this is going to sound dumb but I've never been happier."

By now he is crying, and I lean forward to hug him. "My pleasure," I whisper into his ear./

I found myself sitting in that same tree, thinking about Phil. If he went back home, he'd surely be dead. I started sobbing again at the thought.

/Flashback: Phil and I stand at the side of the stream, gazing in. I start to take off my shoes so I can wade in. I gesture to Phil, but he shakes his head. "Nah, mate."

"Aw, why not?" I tease. 

"My gay ass will fall in and drown. Can't swim." he spills, but slaps his hands over his mouth.

My jaw drops and I smile. "Gay? Little Philly, are you gay?"

He's worried, obviously. "Uh-um-please d-don't ha-hate me I can't h-help it-"

I start to laugh. "No, dear, it's fine. I'm bi. We can hate each other."

He sighs with relief. "Thank God you're not a homophobe. I don't know what I would do."/

Hopefully, wherever he'd gone, he wasn't under the care of a homophobe. I didn't know what he would do then.

The memories in the tree started paining me, so I hopped out of it and trudged back to the treehouse. Marlhy was there waiting for me. Before I could say anything, she noticed how upset I was and cleared everything up. "He's fine, I found him asleep behind the fort. I carried him back and he's in my bed now."

I started to stand up to go see him, but she sat me back down. "No, Dan, he needs time alone. He's upset and he's not going to take kindly to you waking him up. You need to think of something to do to redeem yourself."

I already had something in mind, and I needed to get it done quickly.