"because as you know all too well, my dear phil, i sometimes want you to just drop dead." "ah, but you see, the feeling is mutual, howell." |serialkiller!phil x depressed!dan| |lowercase intended|

Ever wish you could just, I don't know, turn off your emotions? With enough money parents can provide their children with buttons that control their emotions. Usually the rich kids just have a on/off switch, but some have multiple to trigger specific emotions. Even though Daniel's parents are rich, they didn't provide him with some fancy multiple button system. He does have an on/off one though, and although he never thought he'd use it, during his teenage years he gets driven to a point where he flips it. And it gets stuck. Philip doesn't have any buttons. He was born poor and there was nothing he could do about it, and oh how he wishes he had a switch. .flipping switches. phan college au

" my name's blurry face and I care what you think. " Dan Howell has an unknown condition where he cannot see faces - no matter what he wears or does - they are always a blur. The doctors nicknamed it 'blurry face', and there's absolutely nothing they can do about it; Dan will have to live without faces. That is, until he meets Phil Lester - the 'bad boy' of Dan's new school - who's face is strangely visible to Dan; much to Dan's wonder and Phil's distaste.

story is now on --friday

Phil Lester is sweet and cute; known for his kindness and enthusiasm. Dan Howell is a tough, cold outsider; known as the school's stereotypical 'bad boy'. But if he's so bad, then why on earth did he rescue Phil Lester and give him a smile which would melt anyone's heart?