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Phil had found the beach yesterday evening, there was no signs pointing to it's location, rather he had just by accident chosen the path that took him there, he had looked and it didn't seem to be a private beach so the next morning instead of going to the overfull beach just by his hotel Phil walked a little longer and found, as he had hoped, that no one else was there. He laid himself down on a towel and took up his phone.
His attention was turned from the phone when someone beside him exclaimed "Oh shit."
Phil turned towards the noise and discovered that a boy had appeared without him noticing, as much as Phil liked being alone he wasn't that disappointed because the brown-haired boy who was rummaging through his bag was kind of cute.
"Can I help you?" Phil asked the distressed boy.
"Oh, it's nothing, I just forgot my sun lotion at the hotel and now I'm going to have to go back and get it." he answered with a sigh.
"Or you could borrow mine if you want." Phil suggested.
"Thanks, I owe you one." the brunet said with a smile.
"Don't worry about it."
The boy quickly applied the sun lotion and handed it back. "You're a lifesaver..., what's your name?" "I'm Phil." "Okay, I'm Dan."
"By the way how did you find this place, it's not exactly a tourist trap." the boy who was apparently named Dan continued.
"I was just taking a walk and stumbled upon it, is it your's or something?"
"No no, I just found it like you, just didn't think anyone else would."
"I thought it was nice because you can just sit and read in peace without people all around"
"Yeah, what are you reading by the way?"
"Oh, ehrm, unpublished works by independent authors online."
"Fanfic?" Dan suggested.
"Fanfic." Phil admitted.
"What's it about?" Dan then wondered which launched them into a long discussion about everything from how Sherlock survived the fall to if they would survive Attack on Titan to which their favorite song by Muse was. They never seemed to run out of things to talk about
Their conversation was at last interrupted by them noticing that the sun had started to set so they decided to go home.
They packed up their things and parted with promises of meeting again tomorrow.
The following days went by the same way with the boys meeting at the beach then just hanging out for a couple of hours talking about everything that came to their minds. Their friendship grew and grew and after a while it kind of changed into something else.
A couple of days later when the boys had just came up from the water while the sun set over the ocean Dan tiredly said "Oh, great, Dan's curly hair makes a comeback."
"What, you don't like it?" Phil asked.
"No, it makes me look like a hobbit."
"I think it's cute." Phil heard himself say without making any conscious decision to do so.
Dan smiled a little and replied softly "You're cute."
"Thanks." Phil said while blushing a little. "You too, especially with the Hobbithair.
"Let's just agree to disagree when it comes to my hair."
"Okay, as long as you remember that you're the only one who doesn't think you're pretty."
"You nerd." Dan said lovingly and cupped Phil's face, then he as quiet as a whisper asked "Can I kiss you?"
Phil answered with small nod and so they leaned closer to each other until Phil could feel Dan's soft lips on his own, the kiss was soft and tentative like they where both walking on unsure ground, afraid to disturb the peace but wanting nothing more than to break into a run. Phil put one hand on Dan's lower back and slipped the other one hand into his hair.
Just as the kiss was about to deepen they saw a flash of light in the corner of their eye and both of them looked towards the origin of the disturbance. There stood a man with a camera. "Cheese." the stranger said and took another picture but this time of their faces before running of.
Phil stared after the disappearing stranger utterly confused, he turned to Dan about to ask if he had any idea what just happened but apparently he had because he was white as a sheet and looked terrified.
"Are you okay?" Phil asked him in a worried tone.
Dan just turned towards him and said, "There's something I need to tell you."