Don't walk into the light, it's too dark for you there (Phan x Shadowhunters)

An actual normal day in the life of...

"So Dan, what do you want to do for your birthday next week?" Dan was sitting on the sofa with his laptop on his lap. As usual.

He answered without even looking up. "My mom just called me, dad and her are coming over for my birthday. So I guess I'll do a tour around London because they haven't seen it a million times yet."

"Sounds like you're not happy to see them."

Rolling his eyes, Dan placed the laptop next to him on the sofa and was now actually looking at Phil.

"I am happy to see them. Always. It's just that... My mom sounded kind of weird on the phone and I'm worried."

"Worried? Like... About what?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm just being stupid but the past few months, she has been acting kind of strange around me. Like she's upset about something. Do you think my parents are getting a divorce?"

Phil laughed.

"No, not your parents. Even if they would, they'd tell you straight away. Did you talk to your brother? Does he feel the same way?"

"I did talk to him but he said that everything is normal. Am I being crazy?"

"No, I believe you Dan. Maybe you're the milk mans baby."

Dan rolled his eyes.

"Haha, very funny Phil."

"Well you'll find out eventually what's wrong. In the meantime, you shouldn't worry about it too much, it's probably nothing."

Dan picked his laptop up again and stared at his tumblr feed.

"Yeah, you're probably right."

"Let's play a little Mario Kart and get you in a different mood. I don't want a sad best friend. Right now, my houseplants are more fun than you."

"Fine, let's play. But I'm going to destroy you. You know that."

"We'll see about that. I trained last night, when I couldn't sleep. I can't believe that we moved because of the drills and now our new neighbors are doing the exact same thing. I think we're cursed. Sometimes I wish we could just magically make it stop."

"You sound like my dad. When I was little, he kept telling me those stories about magical creatures. I never liked them. So stupid. It's cool if it's fiction like Harry Potter, but he seemed so serious about it."

"That sounds awesome, I want to hear those stories."

"Maybe he can tell you some of them when they come visit. Meanwhile, me and mom can talk about real things."

"Boring things like taxes and stock marketing. Booo."

"Let's just play. I'm tired of talking."

And so they played all through the night, not knowing that Dan's world was about to be wrecked.