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pints Title: Phil Knows
Pairing: Phil Neville/Ryan Giggs
Rating: PG-13
Authors note: Sorry if its a bit crappy, inspiration was not my friend. Not beta-ed. Also warning part of my requirements were D/s elements - its nothing too extreme in this fic but if even the slightest mention of these people being D/s bothers you dont read and flame. Enjoy.
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It’s the subtle things, Phil has decided. To the wondering eye no one would think twice about the way Ryan always stays two steps behind him but Phil knows, he knows.
He knows Ryan never thought he would find himself in this type of relationship (and it is a relationship despite what his brother has said in the past) but he is and Phil knows that despite Ryan’s initial doubts that Ryan is content and at ease with the relationship they have and his role in it.
Phil has always leaned slightly towards the more risqué side of things. “A wild child” his parents had often referred to him with an affectionate smile. He knows that his parents have no idea how wild he can be and he’s sure they want to keep it that way.
But the truth is he was never as wild as he is with Ryan. He had never felt comfortable expressing his more --- dominant side with anyone else especially with the amount of one night stands he was going through before he met Ryan.
He remembers the first time he saw Ryan, all slim limbs and curly brown hair and just knew that Ryan was it, he had to have him. He’d licked his lips and stared Ryan in the eyes and watched as Ryan visibly swallowed and gave a shy smile and Phil beamed back.
Now, a year later and a few fights with his brother where he’d thought Gary was just a little too protective, he’s still with Ryan and Ryan is smiling up at the sky in the middle of summer and Phil is running his fingers through Ryan’s hair and smiling to himself because he’s here, the sun is shining and his boy is beautiful.
They are in a little deserted park where the grass is brown not green and it itches and is slightly uncomfortable but that’s okay because it’s deserted and he can actually be out in the open with Ryan without fearing the worst. He can kiss Ryan out here and not worry that it will be plastid across the newspaper in the morning.
“What are you thinking about?” Ryan asks softly and Phil turns to smile at his lover.
“You, us. You know the important stuff. You?”
“Same.” Ryan puffs out, “Never thought I’d submit in the bedroom --- or out in the open.” He admits with a flush and Phil laughs softly.
“I did, maybe not from the first moment I saw you but I jumped on eventually. I knew the first moment I saw you that I wanted you to submit to me but I didn’t know you’d do it until about a month later. I touched your neck and you gasped, it was perfect.”
Ryan hums happily and Phil thinks he has never heard a more perfect sound in the world.
Phil smiles before rolling on top of Ryan and pressing his lips firmly against the older mans. Ryan smiles into kiss and gives a groan of approval when Ryan pins his arms above his head. Ryan loves losing control, Phil knows that Ryan has a lot of stress on his shoulders and he loves to let it all go and just let Phil take over and take care of him for a while.
For someone who had so much trouble with the idea of submitting initially he sure does it well now, Phil muses. It always amazes him how easily Ryan can just let go of his body and go limp for Phil. It makes Phil feel so wanted and strong and protective and possessive.
He knows he’s possessive and sometimes he worries that it annoys Ryan but when he asks Ryan he just shakes his head and giggles and states very firmly that it make shim feel protected.
He knows sometimes he takes it a little too far, he knows when to back off because Gary gives him that look. It’s not a bad look, its not disapproving, its just brotherly and a warning and its Gary’s way of saying ‘Be careful Phil - I don’t want you to get hurt’ and it always feels Phil with pleasure that his brother looks out for him that way.
Gary wasn’t always supportive. Its not that he hated the idea of Phil and Ryan together just that he didn’t want either of them to get hurt and he was worried about the type of relationship they had (and Phil admits that’s his fault because he shouldn’t put those bite marks in such an obvious place and really what was he thinking jumping Ryan in the locker room?)
Phil is pulled from his thoughts when Ryan bites his lip slightly painfully. Phil grins, Ryan knows he likes it a little rough. Phil lets go of Ryan’s hands but Ryan leaves them there anyway as he lets Phil take possession of his mouth.
Phil moves back slightly and nips at Ryan’s jaw and Ryan beams up at him and it’s the most beautiful smile in the whole world.
Phil knows this might not last but for now? It’s enough.