Pierre Laurent came to Redwood Pacific University with a plan.

Finish his final NCAA season, earn his business degree, and return home to France. After recovering from a particularly painful breakup with his boyfriend, he has no intention of letting anything—or anyone—get in the way.

Michael "Ziggy" Ziggerman has never put much stock in plans. A talented NCAA jumper, he launches himself into every jump, every friendship, and every ridiculous idea with his whole heart. The moment he realizes he's falling for Pierre, he sees no point pretending otherwise.

Pierre is determined not to fall at all, but Ziggy's chaotic, boyish charm makes that increasingly impossible.

The harder Pierre fights his growing attraction to Ziggy, the more it feels like struggling against a rip current—exhausting, relentless, and pulling him farther from the future he thought he wanted. With graduation approaching and family obligations waiting in France, Pierre refuses to imagine a life that includes Ziggy.

As the season races toward its finish line, Pierre must decide whether the future he's spent years preparing for is worth losing the one person who makes him question everything he thought he knew about love, home, and where he truly belongs.