Gabe Mason is a dreamer. A senior at the University of California with a vivid imagination and a love for history, he often escapes into worlds of distant lands and eras, where a mysterious man completes his soul. But in real life, Gabe is still waiting for that special someone-someone his best friend Phil is determined to help him find. Enter Nick Jackson: a former university swimmer, now an Olympic champion. When the pair reconnect, the air crackles with a palpable energy. Gabe's quiet nature and expressed innocence charms Nick. Agreeing to take things slow, the pair find the attraction between them building from embers of desire into scorching flames. Nick's grueling training schedule as a professional athlete and Gabe's relentless swim team commitments and academic obligations clash with their desire to spend time together. Have these two men discovered a love that transcends time and space, a love that feels as real as the beating of their hearts, or is it an illusion, a beautiful but ultimately ephemeral dream?