15 Days of Fluff: 11. Forever

in which forever is ridiculously hard to say, the Starbucks people fall prey to Phil’s Northern charm, and Dan thinks about Tom Jones once in bed. Only once.

excerpt:

“It’s not about the telling,” Bryony says. “I mean, I think you show it enough. You’re practically fucking conjoined at this point. I don’t think there’s any way that he could possibly have missed the message that you’re in it for life.”

#i love this to forever and back for two reasons #one: it's a++ quality and sounds completely IC #two: i identify with both of them re: being bad at squishy romance things #like forgive me for veering off into irrelevancy territory but GOD im bad at pet names #even if i feel the emotions behind it i dont like calling people 'babe' or 'sweetie' or 'dear' or 'love'#but calling them (for example) a nickname you made up for them that actually /means something/?#THAT'S cute and doable and meaningful #anyway #this is a gr9 fic and you should go read it now if not sooner #dan and phil #fic rec