Stick Around // phan

Epilogue

Dan pulled the car up to the window.
"Turn it down she won't be able to hear me!"
Phil was in fits of laughter that had led quickly to tears. Even he never expected the Shia LaBeouf song to come on first when he hit shuffle on his music. He hadn't heard the song in years.
"You just don't want the drive-thru lady to worry about Him, following her, standing about 30 feet back-"
"PHIL!"
Dan was laughing now too and almost hit the curb.
"$5.68 please."
They were both silent until she closed the sliding door again, at which time they broke into hysterics.
Dan's eyes were closed, and he didn't notice when he bumped the horn. They saw people around them jump and glare at them.
"You're the worst driver ever!" Phil exclaimed
"I'd like to see you do a better job!"
"I just might." He taunted
"Nah, you couldn't. Plus, I'm a better kisser than driver."
Dan leaned over the armrest quickly, hoping to throw Phil off his guard by meshing their lips together forcefully. It worked.
"Here's your drink- oh, sorry!"
Dan whipped back around to find the lady staring wide eyed with a soda in each hand.
"Sorry, sorry!" He took the drinks quickly, still chuckling to himself.
"You two are the cutest, you know that?"
"Oh yes, I do. He's the cutest boyfriend you've ever seen, isn't he?" Dan drawled sarcastically, looking over to Phil in comical entrancement.
"Well you're quite the looker yourself," she added almost under her breath.
Phil popped out of his seat and leaned over Dan. "Oi!"
Dan and the lady started laughing together.
"He's harmless, I swear."
"I am not! I could wrestle a bear and it wouldn't ever come round again!"
Dan was staring at his boyfriend like he was the actual heart eyes emoji. He reached up to ruffle Phil's short black hair.
"I love you but the bear would probably have the upper hand in that battle."
"Aww!" The lady exclaimed
They parked in the lot at the end of the drive-thru to move all their stuff to the trunk and put the top down on the convertible.
"Where am I supposed to hang my graduation gown back here? It'll wrinkle!" Phil complained
"I told you to leave that at home. You got all the use out of it you ever will this morning. Why do you need it?"
He frowned at the expensive black robe. "To remember everything I've done and where I came from."
Dan quickly stole the garment from his hands and shoved it behind a suitcase.
"You've got me for that."
He followed it with a kiss, one that Phil felt might just last in his memory for ages (not that every moment he had with Dan isn't burned into his memory forever.)
Dan's lips were warm from the sun, and his tanned stomach was smooth to the touch as Phil's hands glided around it. The light blue lace crop top he was wearing was definitely Phil's favorite, as it reminded him of a lot of things.
Dan started to deepen the kiss, and meld into Phil, pushing him back into the side of the car. Phil felt a hand gliding a bit lower than it probably should have as his lips opened, a small moan escaping his throat. It was when Phil felt his pants actually being pulled down that he yelped and pulled back.
"Dan we're in public!" His whole face was red.
"Look at you. You're blushing! I wasn't going to do much..." He said with a sly grin
Phil stole a glance in every direction to make sure no one was watching before he reached around and slapped Dan's ass really hard. He giggled to himself evilly as he slammed the trunk closed and ran back to the passenger seat, hearing Dan scream out in mock pain behind him.
As soon as Dan got in the car, Phil acted as innocent as possible, barely restraining laughter as he slowly buckled his belt.
"I'll get you for that one day."
"Sure you will."
Dan followed the main road to an intersection, which faced directly west.
They unknowingly slid their sunglasses on perfectly in sync with each other, an instinctive smile forming at the sight of the sunset. The night had successfully woven itself into the day, the ancient lovers finally satisfied, creating a whole new type of sky that was breathtaking to any who saw it.
"So where are we headed?" Phil ask
"The whole country, hell even the whole world is in front of us. We can go anywhere we want, and we sure as hell aren't coming back."
Phil thought for a moment about all the places he wanted to travel (with Dan, of course.)
From India to America to Paris, even Japan.
"I know a guy who pulled an internship in London with a radio station that turned into a paying position within weeks. We could start there, you could show me around."
Dan smiled. "That sounds nice."
Phil was sure that he'd get to all of his dream destinations eventually, but if he was honest, as long as he was with Dan, it didn't make a difference to him one way or another. The past year had shown him how much he really loved Dan and how willing he would be to follow him anywhere. After Dan told him he loved him, Phil knew what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.
"Here we go!"
The light went green, and Dan floored it. Phil threw his arms into the air and felt the 60 kph winds tear all the worries in the world out of his wildly thrashing hair.
"Woooo!"
Dan didn't dare steal a glance at Phil away from the road and the speedometer, but he didn't have to. He knew that the radiant beauty and joy that he saw in the sunset that would soon bud into summer in front of him closely resembled the love of his life in the seat next to him, and that was all he needed.

This is where our story ends, with the most cliche "riding off into the sunset" troupe ever. I can tell you that they found themselves some work in London a few days later, and moved up quickly in the world. Phil saw more than a few of the places he wanted to visit, and Dan saw the world in Phil's eyes. But you knew all of that, didn't you?
Oh, one more thing. Spoiler alert:
Phil achieved the criteria for doing anything he wanted to Dan. Turns out the one thing he wanted to do most was spend the rest of his life with him.
Who'd have guessed?

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Author's note

I'm so happy that this is finally finished! I've been working on it for so long now!! Thank you for reading!! I know the side thought thing was weird and it's only 10 chapters but hey. I've got a tumblr if you wanna follow it #spon it's
lime-lester just like here and I posted it on ao3 probably too (limelester.)
Bye!!