Just One Call Away

When a tragic accident at work leaves Ford Langford permanently disabled, medically retiring him from his job as a paramedic, he is forced to consider what comes next. He has no idea how the world expects him to move on. Months after his injury, he struggles with chronic pain and depression, and eventually turns to video games, pouring hours into an open world fantasy game. At first he plays only with his coworker but eventually starts to play with others online. That leads him to Andy Fischer, a single dad from Oregon. Soon they're chatting almost daily on Discord and playing on voice chat multiple times a week. What starts as friendship slowly develops into something more as both Ford and Andy work to figure out what's next. When Andy moves for a job and to be closer to family, he is mysteriously quiet about what the job is or where he is moving, asking Ford only for time to get settled. He promises Ford is important to him, and when everything is stable, he wants more from their relationship. But what happens when it turns out Andy's new life is much, much closer to home than Ford could have expected?