phan

We Will Be Okay

Summary: Dan and Phil just returned from their tour and want to relax. But then suddenly out of nowhere 2012!Dan pops up which leads to interesting conversations.

Word Count: 4401

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Dan was feeling sleepy. They had only returned from their tour five hours ago and he was heavily jet lagged. Phil was in their kitchen, fixing them some hot chocolate, while Dan was comfortably rolled together under a blanket on their couch. His head rested against the backrest and a pillow, his eyes almost closed and a yawn escaped his mouth. 
His peaceful, relaxing moment though was suddenly interrupted by a loud thud, followed by a high pitched, but weirdly familiar, "What the fuck?"  Dan's eyes flew open and to his surprise he was staring at himself.

Well not quite himself. His hair was different, his body still lanky, and Dan couldn't recall the last time he had worn that shirt.  He blinked in confusion, hoping this weird version of himself would disappear any second. Sadly the other Dan stayed exactly where he was, staring back at Dan, looking exactly as clueless, but there was also a hint of fear in his eyes.

"What the fuck?" he said again, and Dan couldn't agree more.  Okay think Dan, he told himself.  Option one, he fell asleep and this was nothing but a dream.  Option two, he was exhausted from the tour and hallucinating.  Option three, there was a bend in the universe and somehow a probably around 21 year old version of himself ended up in his living room. 
While seeing a younger version of himself might have been weird enough for a dream, Dan figured that everything else was still too real and too detailed to be a dream. However he doubted that this Dan is real and just appeared in front of him; stuff like that was impossible and only happened in sci-fi books and movies.  Only conclusion, he must have been hallucinating.  Which was somewhat alarming. Not daring to take the eyes of his younger self Dan opened his mouth and yelled far too high pitched for his liking,

"Phil!"  The other Dan didn't dare to move as well, though his eyes widened when he heard Phil's name. 

"What is it Dan?" he heard Phil say as he walked in, followed by a horrible loud clash.  Dan's head automatically turned around to see that Phil had dropped their mugs. Phil's mouth was slightly hanging open and his eyes were fixed on the other Dan.

  "Dan?" he whispered, his eyes switching to his Dan quickly, before going back to the younger version. 

"You can see him, too?" Dan whispered back. Phil just nodded. So Dan was not hallucinating, which meant that there was literally a younger version of him standing in their lounge. Dan didn't know what was worse.

"This is absolutely fucking ridiculous," Dan's younger self exclaimed, "I mean what the fuck? What even is this? Why are you in my lounge? Just what the fuck?"  Dan wished he had an answer, but he was just as clueless. Yet he was less panicking, and surprisingly calm. Maybe it was because he was not the one who had travelled through time, or maybe because he felt Phil standing right next to him. Phil's presence soothed Dan, especially since Phil was always calm himself.

"Considering that it's 2016 and we are both here I think we should rather find out why you are in our lounge," Phil replied and younger Dan's eyes got even wider.

"2016?" he asked with a thin voice.

"Yes," Phil said before he glanced down and noticed the broken mugs and spilled hot chocolate.

"How about you sit down and tell Dan which year you are from and what the last thing you did before you appeared here. I'm gonna clean up this mess."  Dan's younger version nodded, and much to Dan's dislike Phil left the lounge to get something to clean up. He didn't want to do this alone, sure Phil would be right back, but Dan felt uncomfortable alone with himself.