If You Just Smile

Matt has everything that he has ever wanted, or at least he thinks he does.  His career is blossoming, and he has recently been promoted to vice president of the bank in the small town where he has worked since graduating from college.  Matt's boss is the best, and Matt has lived with his partner and lover, Kent, for the past few years.  If there is one thing that Matt would love to change about his life, it is the anger which he seems to cause in his lover, yet he has no idea what he is doing to anger him.  Matt does his best to be a good partner to Kent, but is embarrassed about the black eyes and bruises which he finds very difficult to hide or find excuses for.  Matt feels certain that his and Kent's relationship is no different from any other couple's, but when Matt's boss asks Matt to take his place at a yearly conference, Matt meets a man who shows him a completely different life from the one that has now become perhaps a little too familiar to him.