Autumn. That's how long Taylor Wright has to survive without his girlfriend, Hannah. With a hug and a kiss at the airport, he watches as she boards her flight for Nevada. But, as he is driving home that night, he sees a scraggly looking boy getting beat up on the side of the road. After getting out of his car and saving the tiny boy from his attackers, Taylor offers the boy a ride home. Little does he know that with that small act of kindness, he would be making a lot more than a friend. In this story of hero and victim, two young teenage boys discover how much one person can impact a life and how relationships can grow without meaning to. As these two boys slowly develop their trust with each other, they soon realize that these feelings may be more than friendship. During all their time together, Taylor constantly struggles with the question: What will I do when Hannah comes home? Who will Taylor love when the last leaf of autumn falls?

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.