Madeline's a normal bookworm that accidentally chases away terrors

Everyone has a personality. It is dictated by a small spot in your brain which lets out chemicals based on how it was programmed at birth. Some people are kind and generous, others confident and ambitious, and even some malevolent and evil. Everyone has a scent. Your scent tells people a whole lot about you. In this day and age, it is not uncommon for two people with two different mindsets and two different scents to fall in love. However, the curiosity about what it would be like to wake up to a different aroma comes with its own set of difficulties. (note: this is kind of sort of au?? there's plot points like the whole scent thing which are obviously fictional but it's not a magical universe idk don't hit me) Trigger Warnings (in progress) -Depression/Psychological Complications: somewhat described in detail, major trigger

15 year old Daniel Howell has terrible friends, a huge crush on his best friend's boyfriend, tons of pressure from school and his parents, and to sum it all up he also has chronic depression. While planning on ending his life, he accidentally enters himself to a psychiatric hospital. During his stay at The Priory Hospital in Altrincham, Dan meets a series of interesting new people, including 16 year old Phillip Lester. No matter how hard Dan tries to confront Phil, there is something wrong about him and Dan is determined to help him while also helping himself. Based on the book and movie It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. Word Count = About 34,125

(danxphil) spy AU: Dan's an underage intelligence operative and he's on a mission. It's pretty routine; befriend the bad guy's kid, collect enough information for a conviction and beat some people up. Move on out and abandon the identity assumed. Things get complicated when Dan turns out to be a little too good at befriending Phil Lester. Sometimes good and evil isn't black and white, and Dan has to decide which lives he can allow himself to ruin. Badass!phan, warnings for violence, crime, guns, alcohol, smoking, drugs and any more will be added when i actually write it lol

Everything was like a puzzle that had yet to be put together. It was like all the pieces were there, but you didn't know where to connect them and how they fit in. Dan was the puzzle, and I wanted to know how to solve it.

"Why are you always so sad and gloomy?" "What's so wrong with being sad?" "Everything."

dan is the best man at phil's wedding ; copyright © 2016

Phil has gone through some pretty horrible things in his life. He's sealed himself off from other people completely, hating himself for it all the time. One day, Dan, a handsome flight risk whose terrified of other people's emotions, saunters into his life. Unfortunately, Phil finds himself depending heavily on Dan for support and comfort from his past, and Dan just can't handle that.

"The less you care, the happier you are." He turned to face me, his blue eyes dull with traces of betrayal. "No. The less you care, the lonelier you are." - In a world where people have the ability to flip an emotions switch, many people lack feelings and sympathy in general- including Dan Howell after a tragedy strikes and he can't take it. However, he meets Phil Lester, the outgoing flirt with too big of a heart to handle. The two become close, and Dan soon realizes that even with his switch off, he can't deny that Phil is slowly reaching to turn it back on, and Dan can't seem to push his hand away.

*'BEST PHANFICTION' WINNER (FANFICTION AWARDS 2018)* Daniel has anxiety and crumples paper to calm himself down. Phil has ADHD and diminishes hearts to bring himself up.