Or alternatively known as that one time a student and college professor agreed to have a fake relationship only for it to turn real somewhere along the way. Here's the clincher: 

They are both too emotionally constipated to see it.

He Who Loves the Moon

“What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be short-sighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.” 


Cassandra was suspicious, and rightfully so... but Anderson only gave her a slightly sheepish look, “I don’t know, okay? Look, kid, I wasn’t really thinking straight…” 


“–but your number was the first thing I saw on his contact list, so I just rolled with it. I mean, I know you’re a smart kid and… w-well, maybe I was just hoping you’d have a half in mind to get help while I was losing my marbles,” he winced, rubbing at his bruised arm, “Yeah, not really one of my brightest moments. S-sorry about that.” 


The Moon is in the dark too (PART 2)