Bare Arrival

Bare Arrival is a journey into vulnerability, choice, and the quiet courage it takes to stop hiding.

Burned out, tightly controlled, and running on obligation instead of desire, Evan Porter signs up for a “wellness retreat” expecting silence, structure, and anonymity. What he finds instead is Bare Horizons—a men-only, clothing-optional sanctuary in rural Florida where no one demands explanations, transformation, or performance.

Least of all Marcus.

Marcus is grounded, steady, and unapologetically himself—boots, work gloves, and all. He doesn’t coax or challenge Evan. He simply offers space. At Bare Horizons, consent is the only rule that matters, and every step toward exposure—emotional or physical—is chosen, never forced.

As Evan confronts panic, grief, and the armor he’s worn his entire adult life, the resort becomes something unexpected: not a place of pressure, but permission. Permission to pause. To feel. To exist in a body without correction. And, slowly, to want.

Bare Arrival is a sensual, tender slow-burn romance about body acceptance, trust, and learning that intimacy doesn’t begin with skin—it begins with honesty. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do isn’t taking everything off.

It’s staying.