New York, 70's. Trevor Edwards is a successful lawyer who just recently broke things off with his fiancée. A certain night, Trevor realises that he lost important documents pertaining a client and doesn't seem to be able to find them anywhere. As he's ready to accept defeat and the end of his career, his salvation comes in the form of Gene, a young man who works as a cleaner on the same bulding as Trevor's lawyer firm, and who saw him drop his documents on his way out. After he hands them back to him and Trevor learns that the young man is homeless, Trevor invites him to stay over at his house as to escape the cold winter night. But is that enough to thank his saviour? NYに住む伯父・トレヴァーの書斎で一冊の手記を見つけたジーン。そこには、自分ではない「ジーン」について綴られていた。……1973年。弁護士のトレヴァーは重要な書類を紛失する。雪が降りしきる中、それを届けてくれたのは清掃員していたジーンだった。ボイラー室で暮らしているという、見るからにみすぼらしい彼を放っておけず、トレヴァーはお礼も兼ねてハウスキーパーをしないかと持ちかける。まるで中世からやってきたような世慣れなさに反し、教養を感じさせる美しい元アーミッシュの青年ジーンとの同居生活は、ゲイであるトレヴァーに羨望と穏やかな幸せをもたらすが……。大ヒット作『ラムスプリンガの情景（ https://bato.to/title/131843-shinai-naru-gene-e-dear-gene ）』へとつながる、もう一つの愛の物語。