Kennedy: When he was nine and his brother was twelve, his brother was kidnapped and later found dead. The man tried to take Kennedy, but his brother saved him that day. Kennedy has never recovered from that trauma. He's quiet. Reserved. And doesn't want to get close to anyone, too afraid they will see fault in him, as he himself does, in the death of his older brother.
Fox: When he was a senior in high school, an angry student rampaged the school with a gun. He killed five people and himself, Fox's twin brother among the dead. Fox blames himself for his brother's death, for not being there with him, for not dying with him. For surviving in an act which he perceives cowardice. He's angry at himself and angry at the world. In his anger and grief he's convinced himself he deserves a life of loneliness. For how can he live a happy life with his brother's blood on his hands?
They meet by happenstance. Will they each be able to find the love they want so desperately, yet deny themselves? Or will their past finally consume them both?
I never knew what it could be like...to feel the sun on my face...until him. He became the sunshine to my world of darkness. He taught me how to smile. He taught me how to live.
They've always only had each other. From the time they were children, quartered together in a facility; a last ditch effort to save Earth and humanity. Now grown, they travel the Galaxy, trying to find a safe haven where they can live in peace, finally able to escape the rampages of war.
The four teammates face traumas they never expected as their faiths are shaken and the darkness of the past is brought into light by the appearance of a seven-year-old boy.
Will the team make it out alone and in one peace? Or will the secrets that have been buried for a lifetime tear them apart?