Dan is different. He's learned to accept that. Well, as best he can anyway, considering he's never really had much of a choice. It's been this way for as long as he can remember, the constant runaround process of trying to feel normal. His life is built around it, trying to trick both himself and everyone he interacts with into seeing him as your average person. The isolation as he desperately tries to keep others from finding out, the bitterness that wells up inside of him each and every time he's reminded that he'll never be like everyone else, the fear that nothing will ever change. He's fated to be this way forever; a misfit from society. Isolation can only go so far though, so when he's struggling to make ends meet and he's faced with the option of looking into a serious job or taking on a roommate, he opts for what seems like the easier option at the time. It doesn't seem so easy ten failed roommates into the process, or when he sits down at a table to meet with prospect number eleven and ends up with a coffee spilled all over his lap. Potential roommate number eleven, Phil, turns out to be an insufferable optimistic ball of sunshine that Dan wants nothing to do with. His options are running out though, as are the savings he's been using to pay his rent, so he finds himself begrudgingly agreeing to let the other man move in. Neither of them have any way of knowing just what they've gotten themselves into as they shake on the matter, but time will tell.

where dan is a struggling music artist and phil is a cocky, successful and a sexually frustrated producer ; copyright © 2016 ; highest ranking #5

i was sinking, and i couldn't swim. {phan au} highest ranking - #10 in danandphil

[complete] what happens at camp, stays at camp ; copyright © 2016

[completed] philly: who's this? danhowell: your future husband ; copyright © 2016 //highest ranking: #4

[completed] two strangers are stuck on an elevator on a rainy monday morning. confessions ensue. ; copyright © 2016

Dan and Phil's friendship has ended. They moved out from their flat and went their separate ways. Phil has tried to keep in touch with Dan, but he never answers. All of his emails are unanswered, but that doesn't mean Dan never reads them.

Hello, my name is Benvolio, AKA Agent 003, AKA Dan. I am 100% straight, and I'm currently sat with my husband Philip watching some Anime, and I began to think that maybe I should do something productive with my life... Lol jk I don't do anything. Except Philly. No Homo though. This here is a little book I've created to teach you mischievous monkeys how to act straight! I promise you it's easy and no one will suspect a thing.

Sequel to Up All Night! Dan has finally found Phil, the boy he dreamed of, and maybe fallen in love with. But Phil doesn't know he exists. He's been trying to get his attention for so long, but Phil doesn't notice. Dan will do anything to get Phil to notice him, but that may just get him into major trouble.

Dan Howell is an insomniac....who's scared of the dark. Only a little bit. One late night (or early morning), he decides to venture out and explore London at its quietest. He meets Phil Lester at an all-night coffee shop, and the two quickly become friends. As the friendship continues to grow, Dan has to begin facing his issues, and his feelings for Phil.