During a golf tournament in Virginia, American golfer Reggie Weston meets Russell Lee, the British former world champion in the sport. The two men hit it off when Russell takes Reggie under his wing, teaching him the tricks of the game. As their friendship deepens, Reggie finds himself falling in love with the Englishman, though he knows Russell doesn’t feel the same. He’s painfully aware of the fact that Russell isn’t gay. But there’s more to Russell than meets the eye. He’s a troubled soul, plagued by monsters in his head telling him who he should be. He’s spent most of his life hiding his sexuality from the world so he won’t disappoint his homophobic mother. Is seven days enough time for Russell to break through the years of hurt and accept the new direction fate has in store for him and Reggie?

Seven Days

Why he had been so stupid to open his heart to the Englishman? He didn’t have a single hope that his feelings would’ve been reciprocated. He’d only been following a desire to comfort Russell’s heartbreak, but he’d taken the wrong path. Russell wasn’t gay but, even if he was, Reggie had declared his own love at the worst moment—the end of a relationship that had lasted years.


Why hadn’t he simply acted like a friend, saying something comforting, something other than the stupid, “I love you,” and ruining their burgeoning friendship? If he could, he would’ve rewound the day and taken back his words.


Maybe if he had restrained himself, the night could’ve played out differently. He remembered reading on Twitter once that, after Russell won a European tournament, he and Donaldson, who placed second, had enjoyed a few beers together, as if they had both been winners.


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