Xavier
When my wife died five years ago, leaving me alone to raise our three young daughters, only my duty to them and my work as a psychiatrist kept me from losing myself in grief. I did my best to be a good father through the darkest days, but now I can see Iāve been distant and cold. Things need to change. I've pledged to my daughters that Iāll start doing better. Be more involved. Show them what a great dad looks like. If that means soccer practice, violin lessons, and sitting through a dozen dance recitals, then Iām all-in.
Zed
PliĆ©s, pas-de-deux, cheerleading practice, and enough tutus to last a lifetimeā how is this my life? Iām a fisherman up in the Bering Sea. In the offseason, I travel through Alaska and, on rare occasions, drop in to see my sister and her four sons in Gaynor Beach, California. This year? Sheās laid up with an injury. Suddenly Iām running her dance studio, and Iām a fish waaaay out of water. Then I meet another guy whoās equally uncomfortable. Heās working so hard to be a good dad, and I keep hoping heāll notice me. Except, when my sisterās healed and fishing season starts, Iām out of here. Right?
This gay romance is a slow burn, mid-angst, age-gap, opposites-attract, instalove story with a fisherman who needs the ocean, a counselor who needs therapy, three young girls in need of love, and a found family thatāll change their lives forever.