Mark Luce is a clueless, kind-hearted 17 year old. Having to deal with his perverted best friend Shaw, his vicious bully Joey, a grandpa that still thinks he’s in World War 2, his constant zoning out, and being openly gay in a homophobic society, Mark has a lot on his plate. When Maxx Falcone, the boy Mark had crushed on for years, reenters his life, things get even crazier. Mark can hardly believe it when Maxx begins to show an interest in him. But Maxx has a deadly secret that could tear apart Mark’s world and shatter his gentle heart if he isn’t careful.

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.