It's the turn of the century, best friends Glenn and Oliver travel to Oliver's lakeside cabin, where Glenn plans to propose to Heather. And blindly abide by his politically involved family's wish and their societal obligations. After a drunken dare leads the men to kiss, furtive attraction fuels their love affair yet again. Free-spirited Carmen discovers the truth but conceals it from concerned Heather, she is pursuing an agenda of her own. Oliver feverishly begs Glenn to abandon their carefully mapped-out lives and run away. Glenn feels trapped between authentic love, the expectations of his familial duties and a decision that may very well cost him Oliver, the one he truly loves.