As they walk through the park, Phil gazes at the trees, and slows down, slipping his hand out of Dan's. Dan turns around and looks at Phil's bright blue eyes. They look innocent and childlike, which makes Dan smile. He puts his arm around Phil, and they look into each other's eyes.
"I love the sky. It's so beautiful, especially when you see it through the trees." Phil says, almost in a daze.
"Wow Phil, say one more thing like that and you'll be a pastel clad Tumblr girl." Dan says this while smiling with a hint of a smirk. Phil playfully shoves him, and they both start giggling and shoving each other like kids. Phil falls against a big oak tree, and laughs. Dan takes advantage of the moment to kneel down and give Phil a light kiss on the lips. Phil smiles. He loves when Dan does that. The light kisses. For some reason, make-out sessions never feel right for Phil. Light kisses and cuddling are what he likes. Dan pulls Phil up and they cling together, with Phil leaning against Dan's chest. Even though Phil is taller than Dan, he always prefers to have his head on Dan's chest. He feels safe, warm, and protected when he's in Dan's arms.
Dan looks down at Phil's black hair. He secretly prefers it when it's red. When Phil's red roots start peeking out in between dying his hair, Dan always imagines Phil's whole head being that glorious red. He breathes in Phil's scent as they walk down the beautiful path through the park, heading towards home. Dan spots a bench, covered in fallen leaves and steers them towards it. he sits down, and Phil lays in his lap. He turns so that his back is on the bench and he is looking directly up at Dan.
Phil and Dan have never done anything sexual. In fact, they have never even seen each other naked, let alone done anything dirty. Phil worries about it sometimes, whether Dan wishes they had done it already. Dan has never pressured Phil, but Phil can't help but wonder whether he is just waiting for Phil to make a move. In this moment, with his head in Dan's lap, in the park, seemingly empty, except for the two of them and the extravagant nature scene, Phil feels incredibly safe. Safe enough to ask what he has always wanted to ask. He sits up and looks at Dan, as Dan watches his every movement, with his soft face and a small smile, the one he carries anytime he's with Phil.
"Hey Dan?" His voice is sweet, calm. Dan looks over at him and smiles, looking over every feature in his face. He's weird like that. Every time he looks at Phil he takes it all in, like it's the last time he'll see him.
"Yeah Phil?"
"Are you...Are we...Have you been waiting for us to...um...you know..." Phil feels terribly nervous now. Even though he trusts Dan, he doesn't want to admit that he doesn't like the idea of sex. It doesn't gross him out, but he never desires it, not even from Dan. He doesn't want Dan to think that he isn't attracted to him, because God, he's attracted to him. He looks at Dan, still stumbling on his words. Dan stops him.
"Do you want me to be waiting for it?" Dan says. Dan has an idea of what's going on. He figured Phil didn't want to have anything to do with sex, or even anything sexual. Dan hasn't been waiting. In fact, the only thing he has been waiting for is this moment, for Phil to tell him how he feels.
"Actually, Dan...uh...I think I'm asexual. But I still want you. I want you to hug me, to kiss me, to hold my hand, to hold me in your arms, to spend every single moment with me that you can. I love you so so much Dan, you make my heart beat so fast whenever I'm with you, in a good way. In a really, really good way." Tears have started to fall from Phil's cheeks. He didn't realize he had this much emotion for Dan. Well, he did, but not on this subject. He looked at Dan, trying to read his face, and realized that Dan is smiling. He's smiling that wonderful adorable smile that made Phil fall in love with him the second they met.
"Phil of course, I don't want to do anything you don't want to do. I love you with every being of my soul and nothing can change that. I don't care about that, I only care about you being happy. I love you and I don't need sex to keep it that way. Don't ever feel like that. I love you so much." Dan holds hands with Phil the entire time, and his eyes are watering from emotions and happiness and just expressing his love for Phil, and Phil's face lights up, and more tears fall down both of their faces. Phil falls onto Dan's shoulder and smiles while still crying, and breathes in Dan's scent. Dan wraps his arms around Phil, in a hug that they would both be happy to be wrapped in for the rest of their lives.
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I know this isn't very plot thick, but I just thought I'd add to the competition. I hope you at least enjoyed reading it because I loved writing it.
