"Love is a polaroid, better in picture, but never can fill the void." - Imagine Dragons, "Polaroid"
Dan Howell is a sixth year Gryffindor student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, just like Hufflepuff Phil Lester. Dan's popular, funny, and openly bisexual; Phil's unknown, nerdy, and closeted. When Dan trips in the hallway and uses Phil as a cushion, all Dan knows is he wants to see Phil again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Dan Howell, Phil Lester, or any other people or things mentioned in the story (unless I specify otherwise). I altered the characters to fit my enjoyment, and this was written to cause no harm or problems.
The only trigger warning is the struggling with sexuality and LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Dan Howell was the typical spoiled, rich boy with butlers driving him to operas and maids making him nachos for breakfast.
Phil Lester, however, was the opposite. Barely any money and deadbeat parents, he lives in a bad neighborhood in a gross apartment with cat hair covering the carpet and an odd roommate.
And then Dan's parents decide he needs to love someone rather than himself, and when Phil shows up at his mansion steps, Dan's parents grow fond of him- so much that the two are exchanging rings and Phil is moving in with his new spouse. They tell Dan he should give it a few months, to be patient, and if he still doesn't like him then they'll sign the divorce papers and call it quits.
Marriage isn't perfect, right? Well this one is the exact example. But they could always pretend.