At twenty-two, Aidan Osher is lost. Still reeling from his brother’s suicide, he’s about to graduate film school in Seattle with no real direction—until he meets Zeke. Fearless, unapologetic, and openly gay, Zeke forces Aidan to question everything he thought he knew about himself. As their friendship deepens into something more, Aidan finds in Zeke a love he never expected and a purpose he never imagined.
But when police brutality against a local homeless encampment puts Aidan and Zeke in danger, they must make an impossible choice: run for their lives or stand and fight for justice. As past traumas resurface and new threats loom, Aidan and Zeke must find the strength to defy a world determined to silence them. Love, identity, and survival collide in this powerful and timely novel.