Not much of one, but the only one I have.
"Ned" and I were roommates in college sophmore year. But I was still clueless, and Ned was in heavy denial. (I didn't know this at the time.) He dated a couple girls for a short time, but nothing serious. I just assumed since he was a geek like me, he wasn't going to be into anything hot and heavy.
At the beginning of the senior year, Ned had me sleep over in his room so we could talk. And he came out. But only to me. Unbeknownst to him, I was coming to the conclusion that I was gay, too. I didn't tell him at the time, though - I still wasn't sure. Ned told me not to tell anybody, but a few months later, he gave me the go-ahead, and asked me if I would, in essence, out him. (Saving him from having to tell anyone, I guess.)
A month or so later, I again was invited to sleep over at his place. And I finally made my move. A very clumsy, awkward attempt at hitting on him. It failed. He said he was really flattered, and he did like the idea, but his head was so messed up at that moment that he didn't need anything else screwing it up. I said I understood, and told him to take his time.
What followed was a bizarre pattern of one of us poorly, clumsily, and sometimes shamelessly flirting with or hitting on the other...and, most often, the other one deftly sidestepping it. Either I wanted it and he didn't, or he did and I felt it might not be a good idea. The amazing thing is that it finally did happen. And it wasn't all that great. I don't know what I was expecting, exactly, but after all that time, you'd think it'da been...well, at least somewhat memorable. Nope.
We sorta drifted apart soon afterwards. He got busier, and he got even worse at returning phone calls and answering e-mails than he used to. He fell into this pattern of non-communication for six months, followed by a "how come we never talk?" e-mail, a month or so of good friendship, and then another six months of silence. I finally said, "Fuck this" and cut him free for good.
Sorry. No heartache here.
Lex