Pairing: Dan Howell & Phil Lester
Summary: Space!dan gets a new neighbour who just happens to be a cute boy with a love for plants.
Word count: 11k
Genre: Fluff
Authors note: wow actual content? shit man
Dan looked up at the that stars glimmered and lit up the dark never ending universe. The moon was full, it was the best thing ever in Dan's opinion. It would be up there in most people's opinion. It became a routine for Dan to sit on the roof until at least 12 am every night. Well, maybe except when the weather was horrible, but Dan always found beauty in the sky whether it was clear or not. Or even the rain splatter on the ground.
He heard shuffles from the neighbours house. Someone had apparently moved in earlier that day. The last people that lived there was an old couple, but when the man passed away and his poor wife was moved into a nursery home after they'd been married to him for 46 years. Dan had never really talked to them, but they seemed lovely.
Dan fished up his phone from his pocket. The bright screen informed him that it was 11 pm. He didn't question why his new neighbour was out though, because he, himself was sat on the roof with his gaze up at the stars like a freak.
He averted his gaze up to the sky again and rested his head on the cold, hard tiles.A creaky door could be heard and Dan sat up to see who bothered him. There was someone in the greenhouse that the old couple had abounded.
It was too dark for Dan to see who the person was, but luckily for his curiosity, the person turned on a light. A single light bulb was hung from the ceiling in a rather aesthetic way. Dan had pictured a lady in her 40's, but it was the quite opposite actually.
It was a guy who looked about 17 years old, just a year older than Dan who was 16. Ebony hair in addition to pink sweet lips. His royal blue hoodie was clearly over-sized because it covered almost his entire thighs, his hands were not to be seen. Dan smiled fondly at the new boy. The boy who looked so cute and excited as he started to clean out all leftovers from the past residents.
Dan found himself to not be bothered at all by this cute boy's presence. Dan liked to look at the boy as he moved in and out of the greenhouse whilst humming at some song Dan didn't recognise, though he couldn't hear the hums when the boy was inside of the house.
After the greenhouse was fairly clean the boy turned around like he inspected his work before he smiled proudly. The boy looked down at his watch. The action got Dan curious, so he checked the time himself. It was 11:56 pm , Dan's eyes widened. Time had gone by incredibly fast, he'd now spent 50 minutes of having his eyes glued at a stranger do gardening.
When Dan looked down again, the boy was gone. Perhaps it was weird for Dan to stare, but he didn't give it much thought. just put his foot on the crate that was placed perfectly to help him climb down from the roof. Luckily they only had one floor and a basement.
Dan entered his room through the window, he slid into his bed after he removed his pants and his jacket. He was very glad that he had the T-shirt he always slept in underneath, he'd also already brushed his teeth. It didn't take long before he fell asleep.
The next morning Dan woke up to his little sister's shouts directed at him. "Dan! Mom said that you're gonna follow me over to the new neighbours!" Dan groaned and told her to shut up before actually he actually realised what she'd said. That could mean to talk to the plant boy which was both good and bad. Bad because Dan would totally mess it up, but good because he'd get to hear his voice, maybe even his name. Acquaintances is better than nothing right?
