AU. Scott’s life is going just as he planned it. He has the perfect roommate, the perfect girlfriend and, as of today, the perfect new job doing what he loves. As he begins this new profession, will his new colleague throw a wrench into his perfectly placed life?

"It was a mistake, Scott! Get that through your head!" Mitch Grassi, a blossoming art student at a college far from home, has trouble studying one night as the dorm a few doors down hosts a wild, loud, and distracting party. He finds himself going to shut it down, but ends up doing much more. After an accidental hookup, he tries to go on with his life, but he can't shake the man that can't seem to shake him. He has put up expert walls to avoid situations like these, but that man still wants to break them down, no matter how many times Mitch tells him that was happened was a mistake.

After moving to university, Mitch finds himself a new best friend. Someone who understands him more than he does, someone who can read him better than anyone, someone who ends up turning his world upside-down. - Scott is on the look out for a new sub, but not just any sub - one that can finally truly fulfil his needs. What Scott wants, no craves, is a masochist. After starting yet another course at his parents university, Scott stumbles into the life of one Mitch Grassi. He is sure everything will play itself out perfectly, but is caught off guard by not only Mitch's self loathing, but also by his own need to protect the boy. He wants to teach him to love the twisted pain. Why? Because he's a nice sadist.