All That Remained Was The Sun

tinybeanlester:

(for the pbb 2016!)

title: all that remained was the sun
author: @lesterify and @tinybeanlester
artist: @lesterrr (see their gorgeous piano song here)
beta: @panic-station-drones
word count: 10.1k
rating: PG-13
warnings: some swearing, death, mild depersonalization, loads of existential talk (the people who have worked on this fic have had several existential crises writing and reading it, why are we putting ourselves through this)

summary:
2016!Phan AU where the red giant phase of the sun comes two billion years earlier, giving Dan and Phil three more days to live. They begin to reminisce how much their lives have changed, and decide that the world of Dan and Phil will last forever

“Dan, don’t tempt the sun!”

“Because we’re so intimidating that we could tempt a giant ball of fire and death, for sure.”

“We might be!”

“Yeah, especially you.” Dan sniggered. “How many times do you think the sun has loomed over us and thought ‘I’m giving off heat for those two stupid losers, what a waste of time and resources’?”

“A lot, probably.” Phil took a peek at the abnormally red sun melting behind the horizon. “Mostly at you.”

here’s a playlist of the songs that make a cheeky appearance in the fic!

a/n: @tinybeanlester : Allow me to get cheesy for a second, okay? Cool. If not for Levi, this would’ve probably been a complete flop, so thank you. I’m saying this because, whenever I’d get stuck on a part of the fic, I would think ‘Hey, how would a conversation between me and Levi go?’ and I would know what to write right away. Basically, Levi’s the Phil to my Dan, or the Dan to my Phil, or however you want to put it, so this could probably be a Levi and Ale fanfic as well, if not for all the Dan and Phil references.
For Levi: Think about this for a second, I’m sitting here writing this just because of a dream you had??? This fic wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for your weird ass brain, so you better be thankful because you and your brain are better than toast.
Ok I’m done with the cheesiness. Here’s the real deal. Aside from my phandom exchange fic and some other cringey fics that are somehow still on wattpad since 2013, this is the first proper fic I’ve ever written and dang diddly darn it was hard, but it was completely worth it. I’m proud of it and of everyone who has worked on it, so thank you all, this wouldn’t have come to life without you! We’ve all birthed this fic together, how cool is that??? (look this is still cheesy I can’t not be cheesy I give up)
Also, shoutout to Sone (@lesterrr), whose gorgeous piano song starts playing in my head whenever I start reading the fic. Like, seriously, stop being so talented?? Thanks.
I’m also pretty grateful to Ingrid (@mightylester), who has managed to let me know she loved the fic by sending me about 500 snaps of her crying and shouting at me (rude).

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This fucked me up pretty bad. What an amazing fic.