15-year-old Erik Morris is beginning his freshman year of high school at The Ducharme School: a specialty school, following being held back the previous year due to struggles with learning disabilities. Despite initially feeling entirely alone, Erik stumbles across deaf classmate, Leo Soluri, who he quickly begins to feel close to--despite their language barriers--forming a connection like he has never before experienced.

Joakim "Jolle" Karlsson is the bass guitarist in Swedish rock band 'Her Bright Skies'. Heartbroken over his recent break up with his girlfriend, he walks into a small local music store with, the vocalist of HBS and his best friend, Johan "Jaybee" Brolin and meets Ryon. Will she be able to heal his broken heart or is Jolle truly a lost cause?