Derek Lawrence has been in love with his best friend for years.
Justin Leary has spent just as long pretending he doesn't feel the same.
For sixteen years, they've been inseparable-best friends, business partners, and the one constant in each other's lives. Derek has learned to live with wanting a man he believes he can never have, while Justin has buried his feelings beneath jokes, relationships, and a carefully maintained fa ade.
Then one devastating night changes everything.
Suddenly, Justin is struggling to rebuild a life that no longer feels familiar, while Derek is forced to confront feelings he has spent years trying to contain. The love between them has always been there, but reaching for it now will require more than desire.
It will require patience. Trust. Forgiveness.
And the courage to stop running from what they have both wanted all along.