In danger of losing his career in the Navy, submariner Brix Mangleson is ordered to take some time off. He has no choice and when he is asked to spar with a new man at his gym, everything changes. Ciaran Frey is tired of people hunting him down for a piece of his soul. In the Pacific Northwest, he adopts a different personality and sees what life could be like if it was normal. The angry boxer he faces, pulls a new emotion out of him, empathy. Will they see where this goes or just chalk it up to being in the moment?