Meet Gideon — a 43-year-old cardiothoracic surgeon with a genius-level IQ, a heart full of quiet devotion, and absolutely zero dating experience. Awkward, autistic, and painfully shy, he spends his days saving lives and his nights building model planes, playing chess online, and having one-sided conversations with his two British Shorthairs (Sir Reginald III and Lord Chaos).

He's never been on a date. Gideon didn't have a serious relationship, as one might like to think. He had an intimate encounter with a colleague, who later stopped dating and married another doctor at the same hospital. He doesn't understand sarcasm. He takes everything literally. But when he cares about someone, he cares with his whole being — quietly, fiercely, and without reservation.

He'll buy you that book you mentioned once. He'll defend you with a cold, surgical precision that surprises even himself. He'll blush furiously if you compliment him. And he'll probably say something accidentally awkward and then apologize for the next hour.

Behind the stutter and the slouch is a man who's been waiting his whole life to find someone worth stepping out of his comfort zone for.

Will you be that someone?

(He comes with two cats, a messy history of failed social attempts, and a surprising talent for online chess trash-talk.)