Vin and Joss are latchkey kids navigating their complicated lives during the mid-90's in parallel and sometimes intertwined stories. Vin and Joss form an unlikely friendship in childhood that, after years evolves into a teenaged relationship with sexual tensions and convoluted emotions. Vin is a 15 year old boy who on the outside, looks like he has it all. He's popular, good looking, knows how to dress and has good taste in music. Vin has a badass reputation amongst his peers because he has no curfew, drives without a license and smokes (a lot) but at home he has real, adult responsibilities. He has a chronically ill mother and two younger brothers that need him to provide stability and love. Joss is a 12 year old girl that lives with her mentally unstable 30 year old mother, her 11 year old brother, 1 year old twin brothers and her 20 year old cousin. Her father works overseas and is rarely at home, providing only financial support for his family. Joss is smart and attractive but socially awkward and withdrawn.