What if What if we pretend to be engaged? Ryan Taylor is a gay twenty-two-year old whose life is about to change dramatically. After his apartment floods, Ryan moves back in with his parents but desperately wants to escape their homophobic attitudes. He sees an ad for a relatively cheap two-bedroom apartment. However, there’s one requisite - only couples can move in. By chance, Ryan meets his high school crush in a coffee shop; the tall, handsome and strong ex-jock. When an unfortunate set of circumstance has both men searching for a place to live, they conspire to pose as a couple in order to share the two bedroom apartment. Jesse Rogan is a straight twenty two-year-old ex-jock. When his girlfriend dumps him, he must move out of her apartment. He concocts a harebrained scheme with a friend that has them pretending to be engaged as a gay couple. But what he doesn’t know is that his partner in crime is gay. Ryan wants something he shouldn’t. That forbidden fruit. Pinning after his straight roommate is a temptation that will surely lead him down the path of heartbreak. Will he find comfort and relief by sharing his innermost secret desires with Jesse? Jesse is not looking for a friend or a lover, but he finds both. He’s not gay, but he’s not entirely straight either. And when the chemistry between him and Ryan explodes one night, he finds it hard not to explore his desires through sexual experimentation. Soon their friendship is threatened by illicit indulgence, but will this ruin them or transform their home and fake engagement into a happily-ever-after? What if is a standalone gay romance with a HEA ending.