Caleb Chambers is your average high school jock. The only difference is he doesn't want to be. Caleb's mother died when he was young and ever since then he just can't seem to be happy with anything he does. His dad is never home and when he is all he does is criticize him which Caleb could care less about. Forced into football games and a high social status by his uncaring father Caleb's resentment for his father only grows. Ever since freshman year A shy emo boy has always managed to catch Caleb's attention leaving him confused about his own sexuality. After countless failed attempts at trying to find a girl he can connect with he decides maybe he really is gay. He has never had these feelings for anybody else before especially not for another guy for that matter. He just can't help but feel that maybe its Micah that can fill the void left in his heart from his mothers death and make him feel like he can be happy with his life again.

Haunted. Terrified. Alone. Those three words seem to be the only emotions that seventeen year old Gabriel Adams knows how to feel. At the age of thirteen, when other boys were chasing after pretty girls and playing in the dirt, Gabriel had been kidnapped and molested. Now, several years later, Gabriel still can't return to the normal life he'd lived before the Incident. He's terrified of the dark, and even the daytime gives him anxiety attacks. Gabriel hates being touched. A simple brush against him will set him off into spasms while panic quickly takes over his mind. It seems as if nothing will relieve Gabriel from the constricting, painful claws of the man who'd done him harm, and Gabriel is becoming desperate. That's when Evan Ricci steps in. Evan, a stubborn yet surprisingly selfless teenager, moves to the small, quiet town of Clydesdale Heights. When Evan sees a small, awkward blond haired boy carrying pop boxes across the street while he's bringing moving boxes into the new house, he decides to help him. Things don't go exactly as planned, though, and their relationship begins with a rather rough start. The two eventually learn to bond, and Evan helps Gabriel learn to deal with the psychological consequences of being molested, which eventually blooms into an understanding so deep they can't imagine themselves with anyone but the other. A hint of infatuation sparks up, but not quite yet will the love blossom out like most. Their love will take time. And lots of patience and persistence, too.