Nolan and Ellis are longtime best friends, bandmates, and neighbors. But when Ellis goes through a traumatic event, Nolan is there to provide support and comfort. But during the process, their eyes are opened up to possibilities they never saw coming. 

Nolan is a guitar player and singer, who also works in a music repair shop and teaches music. He is dependable, loyal, and caring, but a bit jaded, and does not think he is cut out for relationships. 

Ellis is their charismatic bass player known for his sunny outlook. But he has had some challenges in his life and is also divorced, but he still longs for love and a relationship. He is also a teacher and has a nurturing personality. 

This is a slow-burn, sweet, realistic, hurt-comfort, bi-awakening, best-friends-to-lovers, sharing firsts, forbidden-by-circumstances romance between bandmates. The closer they get and the more invested they find themselves, the harder it is to hide their feelings from themselves and those they care about. But they are also afraid of the repercussions if it all goes bad. 

I really liked Nolan and Ellis and they just were so open, vulnerable, communicative, and just balanced each other in such a natural way. I could feel their connection, chemistry, and shared love of music. Music plays an important part in the story and in their lives and is just another thing that draws them together and also helps them express themselves.