Dan

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'destroy the middle, it's a waste of time'
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he knew his time was ticking away, slowly but surely. from years, to months, to weeks, to days, to hours, to minutes, and eventually he would only be left with seconds.

dan didn't know what to do. he didn't want to worry his loved ones by telling them his secret, and yet he wanted to for some reason. he hated that he was keeping it away from his mother, his father, and phil.

he didn't know what t-

"dan? you okay? you're coughing a lot. did you catch a cold?"

"y-yeah. the weather's abnormal recently, should be a cold, you know?"

"okay."

just like that.

a big problem, shrugged off like it was nothing but a cold.

how dan wished that was the case.

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