True Beauty lies Beneath the Skin (Phan)

Whisper That You Love Me Too

So trace the lines of my tattoos
Whisper that you love me too
We might as well, no matter what
They think I suck...
But I don't give a f -

Dan wakes up the following morning, laying on his stomach. His eyes open and shut a couple of times before he processes all that happened the night before and decides to blink himself awake. The time said it was nearly ten in the morning, and Phil wasn't laying next to him. Dan sits up a bit, then notices the bathroom is shut, so he assumes that's where Phil is. Dan then hisses and gives a small groan in pain. Perhaps going as rough as he had last night wasn't the best idea, but God was it amazing when it was happening. Despite feeling sore, he already wanted more nights like the one before.

A moment later, Phil exits the bathroom in only his boxers, absent of his glasses, so he must have put his contacts in. He notices Dan and smiles.

"You're awake," He says.

Dan nods, "Yeah, just woke up a couple minutes ago."

Phil walks over to Dan, then kisses him a couple times with a smile on his face. When they come apart, they rest their foreheads together.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm okay."

Phil gives him a deadpanned look.

Dan rolls his eyes, "Okay, so I'm a little sore, but I'm fine, really."

"Would a hot bath help?"

Dan chuckles, "I'm okay, baby, really."

"Let me rephrase that - I've already run the bath, will you be joining me?"

"Well, in that case, hell yes."

x

"Phil!" Bella exclaims when she sees him. Dan had gotten Bella from her friend's house and brought her over to Phil's since she'd yet to see him.

Phil breaks into a smile and lifts Bella up before kissing her cheek, "Hey, you. How's my favorite kid?"

"I'm good, I had fun last night! I missed you so much, Phil! And Iesha too! How was the tour? Are you all better? You're not hurt anymore and you can tour more?"

Phil laughs, "Yes, I'm all better."

"But wait, does that mean you're gonna be gone a lot again?"

Phil sighs, "Yeah, it kinda does. But hey, I'm always gonna come back for you and your dad, okay? I'm always gonna come home for you."

Bella smiles, then wraps her arms around Phil's shoulders tightly. Phil smiles and hugs her back, and Dan almost teared up watching them. He'd seen them act this way so many times before, but it was different this time. He was, for the first time, starting to feel like this could maybe even be something that lasted a while...maybe even forever.

"Well, c'mon, let's get some lunch in your tummy, and then we'll go play. There's still lots of games we haven't taught you yet," Phil says.

"Ooh, yay!"

x

A couple hours later, Iesha showed up at the house. Phil was in the middle of teaching Bella how to play some of the games on the Switch, so Dan went up to answer the door, only to find that Iesha was already inside.

"Oh. How'd you get in?"

"I got his key a long time ago. He said he was gonna get one made for you soon."

Dan raises his eyebrows, "Really?" He asks before smiling, "Awww..."

Iesha quirks an eyebrow, "Well, you seem to be in a good mood."