Dan and Phil One Shots (2)

24 Floors

This is a songfic to 24 Floors by The Maine. Start the song as soon as it says 24 Floors... Okay? Okay. Enjoy the one shot... or maybe don't.

TW: Suicide.

Dan and Phil were always together. They were inseparable. They were one.

So, when they were apart, both of them had an empty ache in their heart where the other would usually be.

Especially after arguments.

Stupid words thrown carelessly at each other without thinking. When you're caught in the moment of an argument, fire burning in your chest, rationality and sense completely vanish. All that matters is who can scream the loudest and who is right.

"You're so stupid, Dan! You just don't understand, do you?" Phil yelled as Dan's hands clenched into fists at his sides. "I was just talking to her! Stop being so jealous!"

"I'm not jealous! At all!" Dan screamed and he was aware that he was lying. He was jealous, of course he was. He thought so lowly of himself that the girl was obviously a better option for Phil. He was afraid Phil was going to leave him..

"You are! I can tell! Why would you be so angry with me for hanging out with a girl then?"

"Because you promised we'd go out today!"

"No, I didn't!" Phil let out a loud, frustrated sigh, turning away from Dan. He really hated shouting but he wanted Dan to understand that he didn't care about the girl. He cared about Dan. Weirdly, his mouth had other intentions. "I need time to myself sometimes, you know! It's not all about you! You're just so clingy and annoying and I can't take it anymore! I am my own person! You're not part of me!"

"I don't mean-"

"Yes, you do! That's entirely it! As soon as someone calls you out for doing something bad, you act all innocent like you're the victim! You're not! I have feelings too!" Dan's eyes were filling with tears and he angrily wiped them away, watching Phil's face go red out of pure fury.

"I know you do-"

"No you don't! That's what you're doing right now.. You're trying to make me feel bad. Dan, I don't know if I can take it anymore." Phil turned around to face Dan again but he was gone and the apartment door was wide open.

24 floors
Up in some hotel room
Feeling so low
Thinking of jumping soon

Dan furiously wiped his tears away whilst running as fast as he could up the stairs in the apartment building. He couldn't quite tell if he was angry or upset but it was definitely one or the other.

He didn't run much so, when he reached the roof of the apartment building, he was a mess. His breathing was all over the place, tears were spilling out of his eyes and he just wanted to scream. As loud as he could.

He felt terrible: everything Phil had said was true. He was clingy and he was annoying. Phil deserved so much better than him.

I look up and see the stars
Look down at speeding cars
Think of my family
How they'll remember me

Dan wandered over to the edge of the roof and glanced upwards. The stars were shining bright, almost in a taunting way. The stars were bright, happy and positive whilst Dan was dim, sad and pessimistic. He was just staring at them with wide, broken eyes.

He then glanced down at the road beneath him. Cars were speeding down it at a high speed, obviously a set destination in the drivers' minds. They were heading somewhere whilst Dan was trapped. Trapped inside his own mind.