Set the Record Straight

The day Clara started her new dream job as an assistant to her photography idol, she was met with an assumption that caught her off guard and stunned her into silence. Suddenly, she had to bring a girlfriend to the gallery's opening in a few weeks — all because she choked up and failed to correct her boss that she was, in fact, straight.

Evan had recently been dumped by her fiancée, a fellow teacher, for a mutual coworker and was still trying to figure out where it had all gone wrong. So when she learned the happy new couple would be hosting the staff holiday party, she felt utterly horrified by her single status and looked for a quick solution.

Together, the two old friends made a plan to get through the gallery opening and holiday party by pretending to date one another. Easy, right?

That was until Clara began developing real feelings for Evan, much to her own surprise. All the while, Evan realized that perhaps pretending to date your straight best friend — the one you'd had a crush on for half your life — wasn't the best idea.

Content Warnings: Homophobia, familial estrangement, mentions of religious oppression, ADHD, Autism, and anxiety.

A fake dating, childhood friends to lovers, bisexual-awakening, holiday romance.