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Dan awoke early on Monday morning. These days were always the most difficult. Every Monday he had to relearn to go to bed early, after spending the weekends playing video games late into the night. He felt as if he could sleep for days.

But he forced himself out of bed and into the restroom where he rinsed his face in order to wake himself up. When he returned to the bedroom, he lowered himself to the floor, took a breathe, then got into his sit-up position.

After a solid work out of calisthenics, he returned to the restroom to shower.

Dan missed sleeping in, flexible work schedules, and not having to be so strict with his diet and exercise from when he worked in a restaurant, but he didn't think he could give up being a fire-fighter. The pay off was well worth it. He could help people and had a secure, well-paying career.

But he never felt as though he completely fit in at the station. They invited him out occasionally, to which he couldn't really muster up a 'no.' But he spent most of that time in his own thoughts and waiting for someone to speak to him first.

Until Phil Lester began working there.

He naturally gravitated toward the man and it wasn't just because of his looks. Phil was not nearly as obnoxious as a few of the other men at their station. They were also normally partnered up on calls, which allowed them to grow closer.

But despite this, he had yet to confide in Phil on his sexuality. Let alone any of the other men.

Dan was bi. And he had known this since high school. He wasn't inexperienced, but didn't boast about it either. He didn't think any of the other men suspected him to be bi. Or they at least didn't mention that they did.

He also didn't know what Phil identified as, but he still appreciated his looks. Phil was 100% his type. Dark hair and light eyes. Although he had the suspicion that Phil regularly dyed his hair. Having dark hair and light eyes was such a rarity that he must have.

On his way to the station, he continued to muse over Phil and his looks. Especially, his looks.

He grew warm in shame, when he remembered his enormous blunder of splitting up in the burning building on their call on Friday. He certainly owed Phil more than a drink at a bar.

He didn't know how to approach Phil to offer him dinner, or at least some kind of reimbursement.

"Hey," Phil said to him as he began one of his morning tasks, pulling him from his thoughts.

"Hey," Dan replied with a smile.

"How was your weekend?" Phil asked him.

"Not bad," Dan said and confessed: "I'm tired. How about you?"

"Mine was good."

"Get up to anything interesting?"

"Uh. I finished unpacking."

"Oh, that's good!"

"Yeah." Phil said with a half-nod and a smile. "Well, I better…" He gestured to his work.

"Right," Dan agreed and returned his own work.

Later that day, towards the end of their shifts, Dan approached Phil. They were in the locker room. He mentioned the name of a game shop that sold consoles and games and said that he would be going after work as their was a new game coming out.

"Would you like to go with me?"

"Uh," Phil shifted from one foot to the other. "I suppose," he said, throwing his work belt into his locker absentmindedly. They were both mostly dressed; they were in their undershirts and jeans. And for that, Phil was grateful. He glanced around furtively and was relieved that they weren't earning the looks of the other men. Then he glanced back to Dan, and to his broad, bare shoulders.

"Cool. We can take my car if you want and I can drive you back here? Or whatever you want," Dan offered.

"I'm down for whatever. That'd be best actually," Phil continued. "Because I live in the other direction from there."

"Okay, for sure. I'll meet you outside in a bit then."

"Okay, cool."

Phil continued returning to his street clothes and gathered up his things. The evening shift men were arriving and greeted a few of the morning shift men.

Phil closed his locker, tugged on it to make sure it was locked, and then headed for the exit of the locker room.

"See you, boss," Phil said to Jake as he passed his office.

"See you, man!"

Phil went out to the parking lot and waited patiently by his car. He scrolled through facebook for a few moments while waiting when he heard Dan call to him. Phil looked up and saw that he was a row over. He pushed off the car while waving back and headed over to join Dan.

"Ready?" Dan asked.

"Sure."

Dan climbed into the driver side of his car, while Phil did the same on the passenger side.

Dan mentioned the game again, and that he was excited to play it.

"Yeah. I'm a little bit more of a books person myself, to be honest," Phil confessed.

"Oh," Dan said. He opened his mouth to say something else, but Phil added: "I like to play every now and then, though."

"Yeah, I wouldn't have made you come with if I knew you weren't that much of a gamer."

"You didn't make me," Phil insisted. "I don't mind."

When they pulled up to the game shop, which was located near the mall, Dan and Phil both climbed out of the car. They approached the shop and stopped to look at a poster for another 'coming soon' poster. Then, Dan led the way into the game shop and held the door open for Phil and another man who arrived just after them.

They idly walked along the rows of games, magazines, comics, and movies. There was also cute collectibles scattered throughout the store. Phil loved to browse, so he didn't mind whenever Dan stopped to read the back of a case or book. Plus, he enjoyed seeing Dan get excited for things.

When they came to the rack of 'New!' games, Dan picked out the one he originally mentioned and they wandered back to the cashier stand.

"I'm so excited for this," he said. "I probably can't play today, though, because I'll end up playing all night."

"Yeah, that wouldn't be good," Phil said with a smile.

"I'll just stop to look at it every five minutes until I can," Dan joked.

Phil let out a low chuckle and smiled at Dan to see him beam back.

They seemed to fall into an easy comradery, which Phil appreciated. He supposed that saving a person's life would generate bonding.

Dan paid and they exited the shop. As they walked back towards Dan's car, a voice said behind them, "Excuse me."

"Oh, sorry," Phil mumbled as he and Dan parted for the man to pass.

"But anyways," Dan went on. "Maybe we can have a gaming day this weekend. Or something."

"Uhm, we could. I'll let you know if I can on Friday," Phil said. As if he might make plans by then, he thought to himself humorously.

"Okay, awesome."

They climbed back into Dan's car and they headed back to where Phil was parked.

"Sorry that you're going out of your way and stuff," Phil said, feeling slightly guilty.

"Oh, no. It's on the way for me so it's totally fine," Dan said dismissively

"Oh, okay. Cool."

Dan pulled away from the store and out of the parking lot. He turned on the stereo and a CD began playing. He immediately recognized Muse.

Initially Dan turned the volume down.

"No, turn it up," Phil encouraged him. "I love this song."

"Oh, yeah!" Dan obliged to Phil's request.

On the way back to the station where Phil's car was parked, they discussed fandoms. They took turns asking, "Have you seen-?" They had Muse and Harry Potter in common, amongst a few of the other fandoms they were a part of.

"Have you heard the new Paramore song?" Dan asked.

Instead of replying, yes, he had heard it, Phil began to sing the chorus and Dan quickly joined in. They glanced at each other and laughed.

"I take that as a yes," Dan said and Phil laughed again.

Phil was pleasantly surprised that he and Dan had so much in common. He hadn't expected to have or not have a lot in common, but he was glad.

"Alright," Dan said as he pulled up next to Phil's car. "I'll catch you later."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow, Dan," Phil replied as he climbed out of the car. He approached his own car, glanced back at Dan's, and then climbed in. He started his own car and headed home.

As the weekend approached, Phil grew increasingly nervous and excited. Nervous, because he was beginning to crush harder and harder on Dan. And excited, because he loved talking to Dan.

"So will you be able to hang tomorrow?" Dan asked Phil at the end of their shift on Friday.

"Uh, yeah. I think so," Phil said. He was starting to think he had a shoulders thing, because he could not stop looking over Dan's shoulders in his undershirt.

"Cool," Dan said.

"Yeah, uhm-," Phil grabbed his phone from the shelf in his locker and said, "I can put your number in my phone and text you tomorrow."

"Okay, great!" Dan said.

Phil started a new contact as Dan relayed his phone number to him.

"Cool," Phil saved the number and put his phone into his pocket. "I'll text you tomorrow."

"Cool."

Dan smiled and Phil grinned back at him. Dan turned back to his locker and continued to put his street clothes back. Phil did the same and left the station for the night.

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