Pink hair, piercings, eccentric fashion, and a crippling, all-encompassing fear of commitment. Which is just fear of abandonment all dressed up for the party. Internal struggles aside, River has plenty of options.
The issue is, they all pale in comparison to what will be a monumentally bad decision.
They weren't supposed to meet. He wasn't supposed to like him. It was never supposed to become more.
The universe had different plans.
Things get messy and feelings get hurt.