mastersofchess

• We’re coworkers and usually that wouldn’t be a problem but I’m your boss, so stop looking at me like that
  
• We’re roommates and I swear if anyone else we live with found out we’d be tormented until the lease was up
  
• You used to be my teacher/professor and it’s totally cool that we’re seeing each other now, not weird at all- not even when we run into people- maybe this should be kept quiet
  
• You’re my RA and you signed a contract saying you wouldn’t hook up with your residents but can we overlook that for just tonight? and next week? and for the rest of the semester, maybe?
  
• We hooked up after the office party even though there’s a strict no dating rule and honestly? we shouldn’t keep doing this but it was really fun
  
• I’m your ex’s new roommate and you were only coming by to pick up your stuff and you walked in on me dancing around in my underwear
  
• We’re in group therapy together
  
• We’re competing against one another for valedictorian/that promotion
  
• Your sibling is my significant other
  
• We’re part of a trio of friends but we don’t want our friend to feel like the third wheel
  
• You’re my best friend’s ex
  
• We’re both camp counselors at a sleep-away camp
  
• Our kids are dating
  
• I’m your boss’s child
  
• You’re a really close friend of my sibling/parent/cousin/roommate but we also really hit it off?
  
• We were high school sweethearts that grew apart and into our own lives, but now we live in the same town/we work at the same place/our kids go to the same school/your significant other is my work bestie

• Reading together. Gently running their fingers through the other’s hair as they read to them in a soft voice. Silently listening to the other as their voice slowly falls into a natural rhythm and they are immersed in the story they’re bringing to life. 
  
• Walking together. Interwoven fingers and shoulders brushing together as they walk. Not even needing to speak, because a simple look or the slightest change in body language is already a conversation. 
• Sleeping together. Hushed breathing and feather-light touches when one wakes before the other. Rolling over and unconsciously curling closer into each other because even when they sleep, they are in love.
• Watching TV together. Volume turned up just enough to be heard without dominating the atmosphere. Absentminded little touches, gentle fingers slowly running over the other’s arm or thigh without realizing it.
• Stargazing together. Infinite space spread out above them, little pinpoints of light shining overhead. Hands resting close together, shared body heat warding off the night’s chill. Silent wishes being made in between soft whispers to each other.