In a school in small-town Trost, Jean is a well-liked, good looking and athletic student. And she is a proud, intimidating and unpopular loner who actively avoids her classmates.

An attraction sparks between them when Jean comes to collect his mother who works at her house.

A deep connection grows between the two teenagers that they are determined to conceal from their peers, "It's obvious I don’t want you to leave." Jean said, his brown eyes staring into hers.