I'm a big Marichat entusiast but honestly? Marinette and Adrien dating have the best outcome on regards of how funny it wuld be for us as an audience.
Ladybug and Chat Noir dating? no problem, an Akuma shows up, they go beat its ass, they flirt the whole time, blah blah blah, nothing much happens.
Marichat / Ladrien would have the same effect of an Akuma showing up, the superhero has to leave but they want to put the other on a safe place first, the civilian would say something among the lines of "no, no. you are a superhero, you have to go, its okay. I'll find some place safe to hide" and they inded would go find a safe place to hide, but to transform and meet with the other as a superhero.
Now, Marinette and Adrien would see an Akuma, would have to invent the wildest excuses -while running on a single braincell- as to why it would be a good idea to separate in an Akuma attack, the other would awkwardly agree to that weird excuse adding a weirder coment on their own as they agree and then the two would just like, walk a few meters away from each other before transforming and meeting again as superheros and not giving it a second thought as to why they are coming from the place they just saw their SO runing off to.
the way i see it, colin has three options for handling the repercussions of kissing michael on the pitch in front of everyone:
gatekeep: by some miracle no one caught the kiss on camera so colin's sexuality is kept between him and any fans who happened to be on the pitch near him. the safest option.
girlboss: keeley gets the pr challenge of a lifetime handling the story of the first active premier league player to come out as gay. rebecca is tall and powerful and intimidating in the press room making it clear that richmond stands behind colin one thousand percent. the most realistic option.
gaslight: straight-up blatantly lying. not because he's ashamed or because he thinks he can actually convince anyone that the kiss didn't happen, but just because he refuses to let it be a big deal. acts like he has no idea what anyone is talking about if asked anything related to his sexuality. he doesn't claim to be straight, mind you, he just pretends to be extremely confused about why they're asking because he never kissed anyone in the middle of a football pitch at the end of an internationally-televised game? when presented with photo and video proof of the kiss he says that was some other richmond player named hughes who wears a number 12 jersey. you don't know him, he goes to another school. the funniest option.
Yes, Ren genuinely thinks cramming his wolf ears under that hat will distract people from his sharp canines, his tendency to tell Zedaph what to do, and his bad habit of barking at moving objects.
Yes, Doc genuinely thinks hanging an old rag over his face and wearing those ancient spectacles with no lenses will help distract people from... well, everything.
Lando Norris: "Say that again? Oh okay, so you're allowed to crash into people? Oh wow, I didn't know! [...] But good to know for next year then! I'll do the same!"
after some experimentation, i've found that "clean-shaven and hair hidden under a beanie" gets me gendered as male way more reliably than "hair loose, full moustache". no idea why long hair provokes such a strong "that's a girl" reaction, but there we go.