I (24F) and my coworker (24M) started seeing each other recently. We both work for a small company in seasonal roles but developed a really strong friendship through the offseason last year/this year, and he's someone I consider one of my best friends. One night, we were out together with mutual friends and when I went to drop him off at home, I went in and we ended up hooking up. We had a long talk about it after and decided to just be friends and leave it alone. Shortly after, he confessed feelings for me and I realized I had feelings for him as well. We both knew we'd be returning to our jobs this summer where we work very much as partners, so it was terrible timing. We kept hanging out and the feelings kept growing. We haven't made anything official because we want to be very careful and not rush, and I am content with where we're at. The other day we worked a shift together and he realized he's not as good at hiding our situation at work as I am, or as he thought he would be. He communicated to me that he was really nervous about not being able to keep it a secret this season from our staff (we're both in management positions), friends, bosses, etc. I agree that it has the potential to be a real problem but we didn't decide on anything.
That same week, I was offered a full time position at our company, making me his indirect superior. I had no idea this was coming or it would have factored in heavily in how we pursued one another. Both of us have strong feelings for one another and eventually want to pursue something serious, but now I am considering breaking it off and just being friends for our work season (June-August) and revisiting this when he is officially done with the company after that. I worry that if we can't keep this quiet at work, that it will jeopardize a position I have worked really hard for, even though my feelings for him are strong and vice versa. I'm overall unsure on how to approach the conversation with him because we both acknowledge that even if we break things off, we probably will continue to have feelings for each other through the summer because we'll be together so often and still want to remain close friends, but I need to consider my career.