Head Above Water

When grief threatens to pull you under, sometimes the last person you expect becomes your lifeline—even if wanting him is completely forbidden. After a devastating loss shatters his world, he finds unexpected solace in his estranged stepbrother Cannon, the one man he's always craved but could never have. Cannon arrives damaged and complicated, supposedly untouchable with his life perfectly arranged elsewhere, but as they navigate their shared pain together, something shifts between them—something that feels less like sin and more like salvation. Now he's drowning in a new kind of fear: how do you let go of your anchor when you know the tide will inevitably pull him away?