The single dad || phan

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Evan's POV

School was finally over! Today was the longest day of my life! I spent the whole day in exams which was totally unfair considering I only joined the school like three weeks ago.

since joining I made a few friends, not many though. There was PJ, Chris, Tyler and Troye. I met PJ and Tyler in my form and they decided to befriend me for some strange reason, making me automatically friends with the other two.

Right now I was walking home from school, almost home actually. Since Dan and Phil adopted me they had helped me so much, even in the little amount of time I had been with them. They felt like family, I felt happy with them. Happier than I ever felt with my old family. My mum was always drunk and shouting and my dad just always seemed to hate me. Even though we didn't exactly have a great bond, I never wished to see them how I saw them last, twitching in their final moments trying to find a way out of their fate, trying to call me to help. Blood was a vivid memory of them too, so I just chose to ignore their existence, for, what is the point in dwelling in the past.

I love my dads , and I believe they love me too. For once in my life I feel safe and comfortable and loved. I had the best family ever.

I opened the door to see Dan sat in a ball, rocking back and forth crying. I crouched down to him. "Dad? What's wrong?" I asked, placing a hand in his shoulder.

"I- Lucy is a twin, and I never knew my other child existed and I feel so bad" he cried into me.

"Look. Dad, I don't know much about the whole Lucy situation, but you are such an amazing person and dad, and what is important now is to try and reach out to the other kid, and be their for them too, it's better late than never" I said as his crying stopped and he have out random sniffles.

"Thanks Evan" he said smiling at me.

"Now get up and sit down on the sofa and I'll make you a hot chocolate, no objections!"

" thank you" he laughed and did what I said previously.

It didn't take long to make the drinks, I made one for myself too because why not, and before I knew it I was carrying them into the living room. I passed one to Dan and sat next to him.

"How's school going?" He asked after taking a sip.

" Decent , I have four friends... And I had tests all day today which was rubbish" I sighed.

"I get you, it's stressful, like I had loads of operations to do today, like major ones aswell, having someone's life on your hands is terrifying and horrible"

"Yeah, I get ya, my other parents, you know?" I replied.

" sorry and I don't really know much about your parents... Wanna talk about it? "

"Yeah, sure, can I tell you about how they died or whatever?"

" if you want" *trigger warning in next dialogue so skip if ya want*

'okay so, just letting you know, me and my parents didn't have a very good relationship. My mum was constantly shouting and drinking, my dad just didn't like me. Then one day I was sat in the living room doing homework when I heard a crash and a scream, followed by another. so I walked into the hallway to see two men with knives who were on top of my parents, the knives to their necks. Then they saw me and then sliced their necks open, then stabbed them a few times. One of the stayed with them the other one came to me and held the knife around my neck and then asked the other if he should kill me or not. Then he proceeded to stab me and I tried to get away so he broke my arm. Then someone came in and the men left me there and you know the rest... "

"Wow, I'm sorry"

"Its fine, just another part of my story guess"

"Yeah... you're smart for a 14 year old you know"