

A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.

A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.

The film follows the relationship between bullied student Shelly, whose home life is in shambles, and wealthy eccentric Wes, with no friends and issues with women. Things take a turn when Wes offers to become Shelly's guardian.