Phil's POV
The word dad made me cringe. The thought of his sick smile, his voice and his face made me want to curl up in a ball and cry and scream internally, still subconsciously afraid of him hurting me more because of my tears.
And that's what I did, leaning against Dan and he just held me. We stayed there for a while until I say up and looked at his eyes and smiled, "I'm sorry, that was stupid".
" no Phil" Dan began, "it's far from it, I can tell you are brave, but we all have a weak point okay... You don't have to tell me but what was you thinking about specifically?" He questioned.
I wanted him to trust me so I told him. "One day my... You know... Left a specific tub of humous on the side, I was 12, it was my birthday, which usually meant I would be abused more because of the fact I was born, but I hadn't eaten in a few days and I thought they were giving me that as my food as that's where they put it when they actually gave me food, so I took it and sat down at where I slept, which was a little gap between the washer and dryer in the utility room, and I ate it. It turns out my dad got that out for himself and went to go and get some Doritos from the shop, and so I got beaten a lot, my arm was broken and I was bleeding a lot from my head, and I wouldn't wake up for a few days but when I did I went to school and just had a normal day but that's how I knew how long I was out for. But anyway there's humous in the fridge, and I like it but it was a bit of a shock..."
" where was your head bleeding? " Dan questioned.
I pointed to the scar that ran from the edge of my jaw to the area just above my ear.
"This happened frequently then?"
" every day, conscious or not" I replied.
"I'm sorry Phil, I didn't know what your triggers were"
"Its fine, neither do i , it just happens sometimes" I laugh, " but is Lucy okay? "
"She's fine, thanks to you" Dan smiled.
" Oh that's good, how was work yesterday? "
" I came out to Louise and told her about how amazing you are" Dan smiled. I smiled back.
"I'm so proud of you" then I kissed him again.
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The single dad || phan
Fanfiction[completed] Daniel Howell is a single dad of a 6 month old named Lucy. After her mother's death, Dan got left with her, even though he did not know he had a child in the first place. Phil is a patient at the hospital Dan works at...
