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Posted: 2023-06-02T14:10:22Z | Updated: 2023-06-02T14:10:22Z

Two of Hollywoods most swoonworthy heartthrobs cozy up in the first teaser for Showtimes hotly anticipated new series, Fellow Travelers .

Adapted by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner from Thomas Mallons 2007 novel , Fellow Travelers follows a decadeslong, same-sex romance between a newly minted college graduate, Tim Laughlin (played by Jonathan Bailey ), and a war hero-turned-State Department official, Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer ). The couples relationship begins in secret during the anti-LGBTQ Lavender Scare of the 1950s, during which thousands of U.S. government employees were fired or forced to resign because of their sexuality, and continues through the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 80s.

In addition to Bailey and Bomer, the show which Entertainment Weekly describes as an epic love story entangled in a political thriller also stars Allison Williams as Lucy Smith, a senators daughter who has known Hawkins since the two were teenagers.

Showtime dropped the first teaser for the series Thursday, which happened to be the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month. That point wasnt lost on Bailey, who shared the footage on his Instagram account with the note: Happy Pride, beautiful people.

Watch the teaser for Fellow Travelers below.

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