Phanfiction One Shots

I Know Places

Title: I Know Places

Pairing: Phan

Genre: Angst/ Fluff

A/N: Songfic based on I Know Places by Taylor Swift.

TW: Sadness, swearing (nothing major)

Phil Lester leaned his head against his boyfriend's shoulder. The ride would take a while...

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Dan Howell stood on the red carpet. The camera flashed, capturing his gorgeous looks and photogenic style. He smiles for the media, looking completely at ease. Then Phil walks up next to him, and Dan slips his arms around Phil's waist; flashing him a smile to try and make Phil less nervous.

You stand with a hand on my waist line
Good to see that we're out here in plain sight

And everything stops and the photographers and interviewers just stare at Phil. Dan seems oblivious to the change in atmosphere and continues walking with Phil. The paparazzi murmur among themselves silently for a few seconds.

I can hear them whisper as we pass by
It's a bad sign, bad sign

And the whole crowd goes back to life as quickly as it stopped. There's clicks and flashes and lights and there's people screaming questions at Phil.

"Who are you?"

"What is your name?"

"Are you in a relationship with Daniel Howell?"

"How long have you known each other?"

"How did you guys meet?"

Phil was getting bombarded with questions, thoughts and opinions he didn't know how to answer. There were cameras in his face and people were shouting things at him, it was all too chaotic.

"Yes, Phil and I are in a relationship, as for your other questions, we would like to keep that to ourselves, thank you very much," Dan stated calmly. He flashed the camera a smile, almost as if it was compensation for the unanswered questions.

Something happens when everybody finds out
See the vultures circling in dark cloud

Phil felt Dan's hand on his back, guiding him away from the crowds and into the theatre for Dan's film premiere. Phil smiled at Dan, relief apparent on his face; they held hands and Dan gave him a reassuring squeeze. He sat down and focussed on the film. Dan truly was an amazing actor. He had a double role as both the protagonists, and Phil couldn't help but be absolutely captivated by Dan. His ability to portray such strong emotions left Phil breathless for most of the film.

Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out
It could burn out

After the hectic evening, Phil and Dan finally go back to their apartment. It wasn't like Phil was an unknown figure; his youtube channel AmazingPhil had over two million subscribers. But now there were gifs of him and Dan all over Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and all other social media websites. #Phan was trending on twitter. He pinched the bridge of his nose, he didn't want all the publicity; he had learned that much from youtube.

Cause they've got the cages, they've got the boxes
And guns

The next day, Phil and Dan were all over the newspapers and magazines. Phil's subscriber count went up by a lot, due to Dan's influence. But he was also getting a lot of hate messages from Dan's teenage-girl followers. People were digging things up. Within a day, there was "proof" that they lived together from Phil's videos and live-shows. No matter, how careful he had been, the subscribers were now going through everything, trying to learn as much about him as they could. Even his past schools pictures were on tumblr, at an attempt to find out: when did Dan and Phil meet? How long have they known each other? Do they live with each other?

They are the hunters, we are the foxes
And we run

Phil pinched the bridge of his nose and tried to calm down. It will all be over soon; this will blow over, and I won't have to deal with it again. Phil pulled on his coat and decided to go outside for a bit.

He'd barely reached the end of his street before someone called out "Its Phil Lester." Phil sighed and turned around, expecting to see two or three ecstatic fans. Instead, he found a mob of teenage girls and interviewers with cameras and microphones. They were all clicking pictures of Phil, and asking him the same questions from the day before. He remembered Dan's answer and tried to say something similar, to get away from the mess he'd gotten himself into. "Uh, I'm sorry, I can't really answer anything right now. But great meeting you," Phil said awkwardly, after signing some autographs and clicking some selfies. He knew that these people weren't really here for Phil, they were here for Dan's boyfriend.

Baby I know places we won't be found
And they'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down

He'd finally successfully reached his apartment, after many turns, to lose the remaining followers. Phil slumped against the sofa, visibly exhausted even though it was still quite early in the morning. He turned on the TV just to find more pictures of him on the News. He zoned out for a bit, completely sick of hearing about "Dan Howell's boyfriend."

Lights flash on the run for the fences
Let them say what they want, we won't hear it
Loose lips, ships sink, all the damn time, not this time

"...yeah, but compared to Dan Howell, doesn't he seem a bit awkward," Phil heard a particular news presenter say. "Phil Lester is great, but he's a youtuber; he seems so average, while Dan Howell, is an actor. He is the Dan Howell." They showed a picture of Dan in a suit on the red carpet and next to it, a picture of Phil, from one of his videos, wearing a casual t-shirt. "I'm not doubting their relationship but, I just feel like, surely, Phil Lester can't comprehend Dan Howell's success. I just don't think he can live up to the expectation of the Daniel Howell's boyfriend..."

Phil felt his eyes tear up; he didn't want to let the words affect him so much, but he couldn't help himself. He buried his face in his hands and let the tears flow. He was crying out loud now. I'm so fucking weak. It's just a bunch of words and they still get to me. In that moment, Phil felt like the whole world was against him; trying to ruin this love. Trying to separate these two people. And though he would never admit to it, he was terrified they might succeed.

Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it
My love, they are the hunters, we are the foxes
And we run

"Phil?" Dan inquired upon entering the room. "Hey, are you okay? What happened?" he asked, worry creeping into his voice

They take their shots, we're bulletproof
I know places

"I'm so weak," Phil said to Dan. "You deserve so much better. Someone prettier, someone more successful, someone who doesn't start crying at the slightest amount of hate, someone who is stronger-" Phil was interrupted with Dan's lips crashing upon his. Phil leaned away. I probably look disgusting. I'm a crying mess, my eyes and face are probably completely red as well. Why would anyone wanna kiss that? It was all going through Phil's mind.

And you know for me it's always you
I know places

"You're so talented and gorgeous, and I wouldn't anyone else ever." Dan said, breaking Phil out of his thoughts, as he rested his forehead on Phil's. Phil closed his eyes leaning into Dan and brushing his lips across Dan's slightly, tentatively, hesitant, almost as if he was afraid of crossing a line, with his boyfriend of five years. He pulled away soon and rested his shoulder on Dan's shoulder. And there he lay, content and feeling a bit better.

And you're dead at night, my eyes blue-green
I know places

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Phil woke up after a bump in the road. Dan mumbled something as he switched positions and rested his head on Phil's shoulder, still asleep. Phil smiled at his adorable boyfriend. He wondered what Dan might think of the fact that Phil was dreaming of three years ago. That was a tough time in their relationship, but it had only made them closer. He planted a kiss on Dan's head, smiling wider to himself, completely content in the moment. Completely content in knowing that Dan was his, and he was Dan's.

And I know for you it's always me
I know places