Finding the Phandom: A Dan and Phil AU

Epilogue

~Five Years Later~

Confetti and screaming. That's all that either man can comprehend at this moment.

The two men had just finished their final performance of their tour, The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire. They were at the Dolby theatre in America, having just wrapped up their closing number, The Internet is Here. There were thousands of people screaming their names, as a large microwave behind them spells out the words 'The End' in cat whiskers.

It was everything they ever hoped it would be. They toured around the world, preforming a show that they created, that perfectly captured everything about themselves and their time together on YouTube. 

There was something about the world these two have created, 'The World Of Dan and Phil', that really resinated with people. People looked up to them for some reason or another. Maybe because they were nerdy, maybe because they were such good friends, maybe because they had gone through so many things that a normal teen would experience. Dan and Phil could never really place it, but when they look out at all these people, who came from all over, just to see them on stage, they knew they did something right. 

Somehow, they managed to pull their lives together, and make a difference to all of these people. Creating content for their fans has been their full time job for years, being silly and filtering their whole lives have been to provide these people with something to look forward to. They created this whole stage show, just for their fans, they created the whole thing so that they could meet them and show them how much they appreciate them. 

Dan and Phil may never meet all of their fans, and don't stand a chance at remembering each and every one of them, but there is one thing that is for sure; Dan and Phil love their fans so much. Without their fans, they would be nowhere. Phil would work with movies, probably, and who knows what Dan would be doing, definitely not law, but it would be nothing compared to their lives now.

If it wasn't for their fans, they never would have met. Sure, they started talking because of their own choices, but their fans had a huge impact on their development. Without fans, neither of them would have still been on YouTube when they met. A fan had to have made the quiz that matched them. Fans are what keep them going on the internet. 

So this was for them. All of them. This performance was recorded to be posted as a movie later online, for the people who couldn't make it out to see it live. There was special merch and events just for this tour, and they were blown away by the overwhelming number of people who came out to see them. 

There were so many people who wore their shirts, with llama hats and flower crowns, whiskers donning their faces. People outside the hall, before and after the show, singing original songs, sharing stories, taking pictures, and bonding... Over them. It was all so incredible.

The two men exit the stage through the giant microwave, and give one final bow, that can be seen through the screen, and they bid adieu to their tour.

This tour has taken up so much time of their lives the past two years. They began planning it when they decided to write a book. They have worked nonstop for ages to make it perfect, make it something worth seeing. TATINOF was something they have dedicated so much time to, and they were sad to see it go. 

The only other thing that has encompassed this much as their time, was their daughter. 

Cornelia was watching her during this show, while Martyn maned the Dan and Phil shop. The two men were sitting in their dressing room, removing their make-up and drying their sweat when Cornelia entered the room, a small bundle of blankets in her arms. 

Dan quickly abandoned his task to retrieve the small bundle of joy. He held his daughter in his arms, looking down at her beautiful face. She had his nose, and his brown curly hair, and -even though it isn't possible- he swears she has Phil's eyes. 

Emily was biologically Dan's daughter, as the two men decided when planning to hire a surrogate. Their baby girl was only a few weeks old, still just a helpless being, thrown into the crazy lives of two men on tour. They debated for a long time if now was a good time to become parents, but they decided that they wanted to start their family, so they planned for her to be born in a months time, but she decided she was impatient.

Emily wanted to experience life on tour, so she came a little early. Dan and Phil couldn't be happier with their baby girl. They loved her more than life itself, and almost called the end of their tour off, because of her early arrival. In the end, they decided that they couldn't do that to their fans. 

Dan and Phil can't wait to take their baby girl home to London, to the nursery they set up in their new apartment, and get her settled in to their new lives. 

Dan gazed lovingly down at his little girl, while she sleeps soundlessly in his arms. Phil's arms snake around Dan's shoulders, looking at their daughter. He places a kiss to Dan's temple, and reaches into Dan's left pocket. He pulls out a small gold ring, and places it back on Dan's left ring finger, right where it belongs. 

Phil places his large hand over his baby's hair, and leans his head into his husbands shoulder. "Sometimes I wonder what our lives would be like if we hadn't met when we did." Emily roused from her sleep at the sound of her Papa's voice. Her blue eyes looking up at her parents.

"I don't care. I am happy just the way we are." Dan's boops Emily's nose with his index finger, eliciting a giggle from the small girl.

"Me too."

The End

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A/N: So this is it huh? The end of a road. My heart is kinda sad about it to be honest. I have loved writing this story so much, and I really don't want it to end. But it has to.

I plan to write different stories, so if you liked this story or my writing style, you can follow me if you want, or not, your call.

Thank you to all of my readers, you all made this worth it. I am so thankful for you guys for keeping my spirits up while I wrote, you're all amazing and I can't explain how much it means to me for those of you who started way back at the beginning. Thank you.

All my love,

Amber 🖤