When she determines that he’s too nice for his own good, Nick Bradley’s best friend Molly decides to toughen the gay boy up. Sadly for Nick, Molly’s method is to have Nick piss off Phillip Brooks, the bipolar badass of the school. The only way to keep Phil from beating him up is for Nick to stand up to him, and pretend that he’s tough and unafraid. Phil finds himself becoming interested Nick, a boy he’d never known before. When Nick realizes Phil may be interested in him in more ways than one, he knows he’s in deep trouble. If Phil finds out the truth, Nick is dead. But then Nick realizes things may be even worse when he finds out that he may be too attracted to Phil for his own good.

Openly gay 17 year old Shailer Murphy couldn’t imagine a worse fate than being stuck with the school’s biggest gossiper, Tattle Lambert. But that’s exactly what happens when Shailer’s big mouth lands the two in detention together. Hateful enemies, the two boys are determined to break the other in revenge. As Shailer begins to learn more about Tattle, his opinion of the honest boy begins to change. As the two become closer, they begin to open up about their personal lives. But Shailer’s impulsive personality may finally be his downfall as he begins to forget the fact that Tattle earned his nickname for a reason…