"Mum?" Inside his house, Phil's mum can be heard in the kitchen on the phone.
The talking stops. "Phil, is that you?"
"Yes."
"Where have you been-" A darked haired woman runs out of the kitchen and into the living room, a phone to her chest. "I got a call about you at school and-"
"I'm sorry. I'm safe."
"Who's with you? I'm on the phone with the police right now. I thought you were gone." The woman runs her hand through her greying hair and then to her chest, bring the phone back up to her hair. "He's here. Uh huh. Yes, he's right here. I'm so sorry about this officer."
Dan squirms his hands in his pockets, trying to breathe evenly. He can see Phil sway a bit. "Are you okay?" he whispers.
"No."
Instinctively his hands goes out, but quickly averts it, placing it back into the warmth of his hoodie. "Sorry."
The phone beeped off. "Where have you been? I thought you were gone. You could have called."
"I'm sorry. I really am- I-"
"No one can give me a straight answer at school. And who is this?" She points at Dan. "Is this really a time to bring over a friend?"
"This is Dan, he helped me out I'm sorry-"
"God, I need to call your father." She shakes her head. "I think he should leave right now, Phillip."
Dan stands next to Phil, head glued to the carpet.
"No, mum-"
"What, Phillip? What? You ditch school and don't call, show up hours later with some kid-"
"This is Dan-" Phil chokes out, "This is Dan- t-this is my boyfriend."
Dan looks up sharply, taking in a quick breath. He'd never heard the term pass his lips. Boyfriend. He likes it.
"Boyfriend?" Phil's mum blanks.
A stream of tears start down Phil's sticky cheek. "Yes." He looks at his mother. "I kissed him at school and ran away and he helped me hide and I'm sorry. Are you going to punish me now?"
"I-I didn't know Phil."
Dan looks up to see the woman bring the phone down, paled yet nodding.
"Um, that's fine. Phil, I love you. You know that."
Nobody speaks.
"So, do you want to introduce Dan to me?"
"Y-Yeah. That's why I came back, actually." He turns to Dan. "This is Dan. We're together. I-I really like him."
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my freudian slip - phan
Fanfictiondan howell is a mess, but so is phil lester. and for some reason- that sort of brings them together. or, the one where dan is a prostitute and phil doesn't want to come out of the closet. school au