All Mason Payne wants to do is keep his head down and quietly age out of the system, but when he has to step in to defend his foster sisters against a terrifying foster father, his life takes a turn he never imagined. He's placed with loving foster parents. People who should make him forget about everything. Instead, they make him run right into his past. And his past isn't at all what he imagined. His past is exemplified by Jules Dubois, practically Mason's reflection. And while Mason is aware he should hate him, Jules is hard to hate. He's nice. Very nice. And untouchable. No matter how much Mason craves him. No matter how much he wants to touch him. ...Right? Warning: This book includes certain triggers. Please be careful when choosing to read this book.

After accidentally finding Jules, Mason finds himself in a desperately difficult situation. He doesn't want to deny himself the love he has never had before, bouncing from foster family to foster family. Jules loves him, probably more than he should... in ways that he shouldn't.. So when they decide to go off to college together, it makes sense. Maybe they can be together. Maybe they can be happy with each other, despite the circumstances stacked against them. That's until Jules' father walks in on them, and he realizes just how little about his own son he knows.