disclaimer: i don't own Dan or Phil or any of that stuff... unfortunately.
also thanks to Bethany (JustGoogleIt) for making me realize that yes, even in RPF, disclaimers are important.
"WAKE UP!" Phil screamed, "WHAT THE HELL?" Yelled Dan, startled.
"THE APARTMENT IS ON FIRE!" Phil yelled from the door of their apartment "Fuuuuuck!" Groaned Dan, quickly looking around his room.
As he noticed the smoke starting to build up around the ceiling, he realized that this was actually serious, Phil hadn't just tried to microwave a burger wrapped in tinfoil (this time.)
This time it was bad, Dan could see flames licking at bottom left corner of his door frame.
Why didn't he wait for me? we are supposed to be best friends, now he just wakes me up and leaves? Dan thought, Slightly annoyed that Phil seemed to care more about himself. Ughh, whatever.
but when he got out of the door all thoughts of that vanished, Phil had never been near his room, because the floor of the hallway had already partly fallen through, Dan ran back into his room quickly, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING DAN?!" Shouted Phil, clearly starting to panic a bit. "grabbing my camera" Dan half mumbled, more to himself than Phil. but apparently Phil heard anyways.
"Hurry up we'll just buy another Dan!" Phil shouted, slightly aggravated that his room mate was more concerned with his camera than his life (even though it was an extremely expensive camera)
another smoldering chunk of the floor fell through just in front of Phil's feet. he jumped back quickly as the piece fell, landing with a thud in the apartment below.
he could already hear the sirens of fire trucks pulling up outside the building, someone must have already called 999.
Phil actually had no clue how the fire started this time. had he left his straightener on?
just our luck that this would happen to us today, Phil thought, he had made reservations for them to have supper at a nice restaurant down the street. He wanted to finally tell Dan how he really felt about him.
Phil snapped back to reality as Dan ran out of his room holding his camera. Tossing it to Phil, who fumbled it a bit, but managed to hang on. "Jump Dan!" "I can't do it Phil!" Said Dan "it's too far!" "You'll die if you don't, please Dan just jump!" Phil pleaded, sounding desperate. "yeah well i'll probably die if jump too!" Dan retorted sarcastically.
Phil wasn't used to seeing Dan like this. Normally Dan was the braver one in these situations, that's what really scared Phil.
Dan jumped before he had time to think about what he was doing. Taking as long a run at it as possible (which was merely a few feet as he was almost at the end of the hall.)
He launched himself through the air. flying almost all the way across the gap. but Dan was never really known for his athleticism. He landed with a thud on the edge of the flaming, crumbling floor. Flames licking at the exposed skin on his shirtless body. Dan attempted to pull himself up, having only his chest and arms on the floor, the rest over his body dangled over the fire. But he was fighting a losing battle against the smooth, slippery laminate flooring.
Phil dropped the camera and dashed to Dan, grabbing his arms and dragging him up before he slipped into the ever rising flames. (Unlike most people assumed, Phil was actually a lot more fit and muscled than he looked.) Dan retrieved his camera from the ground and they dashed out the door.
They sat outside a ways away from the still smoldering building. the chaos was over and people were tidying things up. Making sure everyone was alright, and that the fire had mostly stopped, things had seemed to calm down now though.
Luckily no one was hurt other than some minor injuries. Dan sat beside Phil on the back of an ambulance while firefighters and paramedics wandered around surveying the scene and picking through bits of the rubble.
"Thank you Phil," "yeah" replied Phil, not really paying it much attention.
"really," said Dan, turning slightly to look into Phil's eyes. "I wouldn't be here without you and I'm really grateful" he put his arm around Phil and pulled him into a close hug. Flinching a little bit at the still sore scrapes and slight burns from his fall, the paramedics had Bandaged them and said that they were all minor and would just need some time to heal fully.
Phil rested his head against Dan's chest and snuggled into him while they waited for Pj to get there to pick them up.
"I guess our dinner is off then?" Dan asked.
Phil glanced at his phone. "Yeah I guess so. It's five now, our reservation is in a half hour." "I'm sorry" said Dan, "I know you were really looking forward to that."
"No it's fine" said Phil, "I'm just glad that you are alive, you really scared me there." "Yeah I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking trying to grab my camera. It was really stupid." "It's alright I understand."
honestly Phil wasn't that upset about missing their dinner reservation. every time he thought about telling Dan about his feelings, he got butterflies in his stomach and didn't want to. what if Dan didn't understand? Phil was scared to tell him. but he had escaped it for another night.
He still knew he would have to tell Dan what had been on his mind for months now though, and he would have to tell him soon.
after that close call he didn't want to wait to much longer. he had already been scared that he would never get to tell Dan his true feelings once today and he didn't want that to happen again.
Phil really did care about Dan. But he loved him as his friend, flat mate, and companion in life more than he loved him in a romantic way. so regardless of the outcome of tonight he knew they still shared a love for each other.
of course he was still terrified what Dan would think. Dan had dated girls before, but he had also admitted to Phil that he was bi, so maybe there was hope for him?
Pj pulled up in his car and the boys stood up and grabbed their stuff, just the camera and Phil's jacket. They would have to start all over now, finding a place to stay, getting clothes, food, and all of their belongings.
They would have to see if anything was leftover from the fire first, but they both sincerely doubted there would be much.
They would deal with those problems tomorrow. Tonight, all they were interested in was getting some food and having a relaxing night with Chris and Pj to get their minds off the eventful day.
And maybe later in the night a bit of alone time in the hot tub, they were definitely not used to this much commotion, especially since they didn't really leave the house normally. It would be nice to get away from people for a little bit and just be together. Maybe that would be the time for him to tell Dan...
Author's note: let me know what you guys think and if i should make more, i'm planning on having a decent amount of chapters in this story if you guys like it. i intend to update every Friday if i'm on time. if you have any comments or suggestions or anything you think i could improve on you can let me know in the reviews, thanks!
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