i've had a crush on a coworker for months now, and during that time she's kind of become my work-wife.

because a number of my former jobs involved keeping secrets, my walls are very thick, and somehow she can just walk right through them. she knows more about parts of my life than my own sister.

she's been kind of leaning on me to hang out with her outside of work but i've been holding back because i outrank her. she'll be leaving my office in august and i always told myself i'd ask her out once she no longer worked for me, and it wouldn't constitute a conflict of interest. i should note: besides general chemistry there's no indication that this girl would even want to date me, and i have this kind of work-wife thing with a different girl at each of my postings over the last few years. it's entirely possible that this is just what friendship with females looks like for me, except this time i've done a stupid thing and confused it for the real deal

SO. today i got transferred to another branch. i'm terrified to act on any of these feelings and i thought i'd have august to mentally prepare. on top of this, my new boss is her mother; also she's been a fantastic mentor to me and i consider her a friend.

is this whole thing doomed, /docta?