confined ;; phan

chapt. ten

PLAYLIST
chandelier (cover) by loïc nottet
twinkle song by miley cyrus
goner by twenty one pilots

the sun.

phil was still holding dan in the back of a dirty cell when elon came back. it seemed like they travelled back in time to when ginny caught dan and himself together, dragged phil out onto the street and tried to beat him to death.

but ginny was an officer and ginny was scared.

elon is a criminal and has nothing stopping him.

he drags phil into the middle of the cell and kicks him; in the head, in the ribs, in the legs. he beats phil bloody and even though phil is sober, he can't fend himself off enough. he tucks himself up and covers his face. elon fires punches into phil's face, raining his elbows upon his chest. phil can taste blood, too. it's in his mouth and nose and he thinks it might even be pooling from his ears. he tries to call for help, but only a gurgle escapes with the coughing splatter of salvia mixed with lead hot crimson dribbling back down into his oesophagus. he gags on his own blood, drowning in it.

he can hear dan screaming and begging as more prisoners crowd around, laughing and cheering.

"get off of me, you fucks!" dan screeches as two bigger men stop dan from intervening. dan thrashes in their grip, arms and legs flailing.

"what you gonna do?" one sneers, laughing darkly in dans ear, "press the panic button?"

dan freezes. the panic button; something that would get you killed in here. you never pressed the panic button, especially if it wasn't your fight. dan could see the bright red button lurking on the other side of the common room. it seems, through all the commotion, to leer at him, mockingly begging for him to press it.

dan can see bits of phil in the moments when elon stops for a breath. his face is bloody and unrecognisable. it's the reminder of a scene all too familiar that sends dan into overdrive. he rips himself from the arms of other criminals, bare skin tearing under the sharp filthy nails of his human prison.

he sprints across the room, tears blurring his vision as he stretches his fingers to reach the button. time seems to slow down as he slams his palm against it. sirens wail and the swat team burst in almost immediately, ordering everyone to get on the ground.

everything happens in a blur; correction officers subduing elon, medics taking phil away on a stretcher and the door slamming shut behind dan.

the last thing dan really remembers after that is the similarities between angry inmates and a pack of wild dogs.

a/n
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