Given the Circumstances

Two promising college athletes meet, each needing something only the other can give him… 

When Roger Ehrens and Brian Rauch lock eyes on the first day of their junior year, a friendship is born.  Both men are hungry for connection – Brian needs the acceptance, encouragement and support he never had growing up, and when he finds out his new best friend is gay, it brings his own identity into question.  Roger needs a big brother, a best friend, but that will never be enough, especially not when he’s this close to big, strong, handsome Brian. 

And both men want something more – careers as professional athletes.  For Roger, the demands of the closet, the need to reject the love of a man to fulfill his love of the game, will be a crushing burden.  For Brian, his downfall will be the substances he uses to get an edge over the competition, and to suppress his gnawing self-doubt and guilt.

One set of desires will bring them together, the other will force them apart…