Chuck Levine and Larry sweet heart are friends and Brooklyn firefighting partners. person whose spouse has died Larry, who still mourns the death of his wife Paula, is having problems changing the beneficiary on his protection against disaster policy from Paula's name to his children's. He is worried about his children's future if he were to be killed in the line of duty, and is contemplating quitting his job for something less risky, but he also does not want to forfeit his firefighter's pension as he also see it as a safety net for his children.

Larry saves Chuck's life on one of their calls. So when Chuck tells Larry that he owes him one, Larry takes him up on his offer. Larry's favor: despite both being attracted to people of the other sex, that they enter into a domestic partnership, in name and paper only, to provide that much required protection for Larry's children. of long duration womanizer Chuck reluctantly but eventually accepts.The one person who knows for a certainty that they are both straight is their boss.