Rodney has vivid dreams beginning when he’s 16, of a man that can talk to him about comic books and math and girls and everything. The man never ages, and he becomes Rodney’s best friend. Eventually Rodney develops feelings for the man – John. Turns out that John is in a stasis chamber in Antarctica and through a confluence of technology and destiny he does a mental hookup with Rodney. John doesn’t know where he is, or even if Rodney is real. But they develop a deep bond, and John is already in love with Rodney before they even meet.