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The Barista Next Door

Summary:

Antisocial and introverted Daniel Howell moves into Manchester and is struggling to adjust to change. He meets Phil Lester, who's a barista at the Whisker's Stop down the street from his university. What starts off as being a regular and romantic latte art turns into brewing pot of pining and possibly heartbreak when Phil's ex shows up in town and Dan's opportunities for his law major.

Notes:

Hello everyone who's reading this! I hope you're having a great day/night. Just a few notes to add, this is my FIRST ever fan-fiction I have ever written about Dan and Phil. The idea came to me after seeing their newest video about their hard launch. This story is set in 2009 and in this universe Dan is pursuing law. I apologize if this is so bad, anyways enjoy!

Chapter 1: Prolouge

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They both know they shouldn’t be alone with each other like this. Especially on New Year’s Eve night with no one around, being in Phil Lester’s apartment, for someone like Daniel Howell.

The rain has stopped, but the tension between them hasn’t. It’s like nothing or no words could change what might be the end after just 4 months. Everything that has led up to this moment, taking a used umbrella, frequent walks by the coffee shop, ink fading on a supermarket receipt, kisses in a storage room, gossip from someone you couldn’t compete with in the first place. It was all cruelly but perfectly bound to be tragic for the both of them

Dan knew that when Phil looked at him with his blue eyes, into his brown eyes, the minute he walked into that coffee shop, that he was doomed from the start. But still he wanted it, wanted him.