The Ordinary Kind of Forever

"Best decision we ever made," Mika says, pulling them closer. "What decision?" "Stopping pretending."

Linsay never meant to fall for their coworker. Two years of working side by side at Vivian's coffee shop, sharing inside jokes about spiritually aligned oats and making the perfect lavender latte—that was safe. That was friendship. That was controllable.

Then Mika's well-meaning sister decides he needs to settle down, and in a moment of panic, they claim they're already dating. What starts as...