Cullen Brown is a young man who does not want a lover who is in the military, as he is bitter at how the military drove his parents apart. He has an older brother, Collin, who is in the Army, and is stationed in Iraq, and his dad is also in the Army, and is stationed in Wisconsin. Connor, Cullen and Collin's younger brother lives with Cullen, so he doesn't move from around the world with their dad. Cullen writes to his brother's lieutent Royce, and much to Cullen's surprise, he and lieutent Royce start having romantic feelings for each other.