Karkat Vantas is the son of a small town preacher going into college in his home town. That is until he catches the eye of the son of a local mafia boss. Something he didn't even knew existed in his small little town. Sure his best friend sold small time drugs but he had no clue his real connections or anything like that. Now Karkat is in the middle of a tug of war with some powerful rich family and his best friend (Eridan x Karkat) (Gamzee x Karkat)