Inhale.
Exhale.
He had no idea how long he'd been looking at Dan, but he knew it was too long and he had to think of something to say before it was too late. Anything. He had to break the stare because he was looking at Dan and Dan would know and he would understand what Phil was thinking and fuck-
He thought he saw Dan looking down at his lips. 'It's only your imagination Phil, Dan is straight and you need to calm the fuck down. Act normal. Think of something clever, think of something funny, for fucks sake Phil think of something to say,' he was commanding his brain. But it was difficult because he could swear Dan was moving closer to him and he could swear Dan was looking at his lips and he could feel Dan's breath against his own and he had never wanted anything else more than he wanted to feel Dan's body against his right now.
'I-' Phil tried, he had to say something, do something, before he ruined all of this and all the times he'd acted and denied it. He would destroy the act and spoil the illusion.
Dan's face was for sure closing in towards his own now.
Phil opened his mouth to speak, but he closed his eyes because Dan was too close and this wasn't happening.
Phil felt something brush against his lips. Something warm. A breath of warmth with a honey-like flavour and Phil couldn't think.
He was frozen in place, unable to move, his mouth still open and he would have said something if the entirety of the English language wasn't evading him and- Phil breathed out quickly before Dan pressed his lips against Phil's. He couldn't think and he didn't know what to do but he didn't have to, because his body was acting for him, on instinct. The thousand times he'd imagined this. The thousand times he'd pushed the thought away and now... Well Dan's lips were dancing against his own and he was pressing himself against Phil. Dan put his hand on Phil's hip, spinning him around so that he was pressed against the counter. He felt the tip of Dan's tongue on his lower lip and he opened his mouth to feel it meet his own. Dan's hands were securely placed against his waist and as Phil reached up to do the same he hit Dan's hip with the jar-