Within six years, Ashton Kelley lost his dignity, his will to live as well as the only person who ever saw him as more than just a bomb with a lit fuse, Wyatt Russell. Not only is he fighting to keep his sanity in check once he's diagnosed with IED, he's discovering his sexuality, learning how to make and keep friends for the first time, his parents are divorcing, and he's become the most feared person at his school. He's on the verge of giving up when Wyatt appears to be attending the same college as him. As quick as the blissful feeling of nostalgia appears, it's replaced but an immense sense of dread when he realizes that his violent past may alter his childhood friend's impression of him completely. Ashton is left wondering if Wyatt will continue to see the sweet and caring person beneath the anger, or if the rumors will alter his image completely.