Lost potential
- Reads 15
- Votes 1
- Parts 3
Ongoing8m
Last published Wed, Jun 4, 2025
Dan ghosted Phil after their brief rise to fame making the choice to disappear without explanation.
15 years later, Dan reaches out to Phil to work together
Can their broken friendship be repaired,
Or is the damage irreversible?
All Rights Reserved
#281
phần
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
With You
Dan is a depressed suicidal kid with no friends what so ever in till he meets this dork named PhilComplete
Insulted / Bullied By Dan and Phil
It all starts in the cold autumn of 2009, you're just fourteen years old. And you do not have a happy life, no you aren't just a little 'sad' about something. You are properly depressed, you hate life. Nobody is ever there for you, except for one person.. This person has a lot of problems of their own, their life is just as bad as yours. They often have to stay off school, leaving you alone. It's true, you're bullied. By the two best friends Daniel Howell and Phillip Lester. You hate them, little bastards. But just eight years later a lot of things had changed.Complete
Smile {A Phanfiction}
Dan loved his smile. That was probably his favorite thing about Phil Lester. Although he kept on smiling, Phil was torn on the inside. Although he kept on smiling, sadness washed over him. He kept on smiling, for Dan. Dan has always loved Phil, but Phil's feelings for Dan have just started. They both have doubts that the other person will ever love them, so much so that the two come up with ways to mask or get over their feelings. Dan hides in his room, writing about the his dream relationship with Phil. Phil tries to find a new person to fill the gaping hole inside him where Dan was supposed be. Will they ever realize what's really going on between them?Complete
Don't leave me... 《Unfinished》
Dan and Phil have been best friends for a long time. They know eachother better than they know themselves. Feelings are forming and problems are starting. Life seems worthless and their world starts crashing down. (Note from 06/09/17: this was my first ever phanfiction. I made it in 2015. I didnt know where the plot was going and I really didnt like how it turned out so i decided to leave it at that and not finish it.)Complete
Colorful | Phan | Completed
"Reason number one not to fall in love with Phil Lester, he speaks in colors." ~ Dan Howell is in his last year of high school when, thanks to a bet, he is forced to prove to his friend how easy it is to not fall in love with somebody who cares for the stars more than he cares for himself. Who's crazy plans always seem to get him in trouble. Who, especially, feels in colors. {Lil bit of a trigger warning for here and there. Mentions of suicide, cutting, etc. This is a fluff phanfiction. There is no smut or bad swearing.} Translated to Spanish by @debilitaeComplete
closer (phan)
Meet Dan Howell, abused, depressed and lonely, the only way he can express himself is through anger. Then there's Phil Lester, a secretly depressed teen who wants nothing more but for everyone else to be happy. How can to people who are both hurt and broken fix another's life?Complete
broken ; phan
(COMPLETED) It has been at least a year ever since Dan and Phil had ended their friendship and stopped doing youtube. Phil went and moved onto a radio show on bbc radio, But Dan moved in with his parents not knowing what to do with his life, where will their journeys take them? (very fluffy, no smut, triggering things here, mentions of self harm in like 3 chapters, this is an emotional train)Complete
But he's my best friend? -Phan
Dan and Phil have been best friends and room-mates for many years now. Although openly shipped by many people, 'phan' are just platonic. Or are they? When both parties start to question how they really feel for each other, will it end happily? Or will it end up ruining their friendship that they both cherish so dearly? Contains no self-harm/depression. Smut warnings are shown before reading :) xComplete
Dan is a depressed suicidal kid with no friends what so ever in till he meets this dork named Phil
More detailsContent Guidelines