Pretending to Be Straight

Mutual secret crush! Both like each other, but each mistakenly believes the other is straight. Afraid that after confessing they won’t even be able to keep their years-long friendship, they both, as if by unspoken agreement, keep pretending to be straight—saying one thing and meaning another, cautiously circling each other, with misunderstandings piling up, sweet with a sour, bitter edge.