some days are worse than others, a tangible glimmer of hope facing a dark cloud. and sometimes, mornings are not good to awsten. but geoff is there- so it's going to be okay. (mental illnesses do not take sick days on holidays!) | originally posted on my ao3 (awsten) |

perhaps the best way to forgive is to drive 532 miles together. or, in which two boys who fell back apart fall back together when they need each other most, and learning why what happened occurred over a five hundred and thirty two mile road trip. one is caught in the headlights of guilt, the other in fear, and only they can pull the other out.

dan howell has to breathe a lot, because phil lester takes his breath away. but now, dan does too much breathing because phil is no longer with him, unable to take his breath away.