Dustin "Dusty" Rhoades isn't looking for a relationship. He's tried them before, with disastrous results, and decided he's better off on his own. So he focuses on his professional life as a landscape architect. Cliff Benson is convinced he can't have the relationship he wants. His father is as homophobic as he is wealthy, and has made it perfectly clear he expects Cliff to get married. Dutifully, Cliff proposes to society girl Alyson, works in his father's law firm, and accepts that he has nowhere to turn. When Dusty meets Cliff at his engagement party, the attraction is strong and instantaneous, but when Dusty admits his feelings, Cliff backs off. Dusty suggests they proceed as friends, but they are too drawn to each other. Just as they both finally agree they want more, Alyson's suspicious brother outs them, risking everything Dusty has worked for.
