Christmas, 1983: A young man, Robert, tends to his soul mate, Keith, who is dying from AIDS. Robert tries valiantly to make this a special Christmas, but loses the fight late Christmas night.

Christmas, 2007: Robert ventures out late Christmas night and finds a young girl about to fling herself into the unforgiving waters of Lake Michigan. He rescues her and the two form a bond forged from an odd feeling both have of familiarity and even love. Neither understands it, since Jess is a lesbian and Robert has never been attracted to women. But there’s more: Jess begins having strange dreams, reliving key moments she couldn’t know about in Keith and Robert’s life and courtship. The pair begins to wonder if their inexplicable feelings might be rooted in something much more mystical than a savior/victim relationship.

As the two move toward and pull away from each other, Ethan, Robert’s younger lover, is plotting. His crystal meth-addled mind becomes convinced there is only way to save himself and that is through Robert’s destruction. Christmas 2007 spirals down to a shattering climax in which both life and love hang in the balance. There is a murder attempt. Salvation. Redemption. And a new love is born.