hi! i’m the exact same way
and for me it has to be a friendship on steroids, like they know everything about me (including stuff like my many illnesses and therianthropy)
i don’t get how someone can have a crush on someone they don’t even know. like, how do you know you like them if you don’t know anything about them??
and most of the time, by the time i actually start developing a crush on someone, they just think of me as a friend
anyways, sorry for ranting, have a nice day :)