Shadows -Phan-

by kittyxuchiha11

Dan has nightmares that make him want to scream and never sleep again. He wants to to tell Phil but after breaking up with his best friend and seeing how much Phil is still suffering he doesn't want to be any more of a burden to him. They both want the other to be happy, but that can't happen for Dan as the shadows are constantly looming over him.

1. Chapter 1

Trapped.

I'm trapped in this nightmare and I can't escape. In my dreams this nightmare haunts me. Even in reality the dark shadows stalk me down every dark street an alleyway.

As I lay in bed every night I grip the covers rightly in my hands. I know if I close my eyes the nightmare will come to haunt me. It'll become reality and I'll be swallowed up in the darkness once again.

I glance around the room with wide eyes. Just wishing, hoping, begging myself to stay awake.

Then it happens.

I fall asleep despite my efforts to stay awake. I'm sitting in a dark room, the only light source from a single candle flickering away. The shadows are dancing around me. The tears well up in my eyes. I don't want them to hurt me again.

Don't let them hurt me.

As the tears trickle down my cheeks, I say the only thing that makes me feel sane in this place. That one name that makes the shadows jump back as the word leaves my lips.

"Phil…"