Dan Mason is the perfect cop: clean-cut, conservative, responsible to a fault. The last person he wants as a partner is Gary Carson, with his purple hair, piercings and devil-may-care attitude. From a drunken display at a Canada Day party to an heiress girlfriend, Dan learns to endure his partner's reckless ways. When Gary's bad dreams cause his girlfriend to leave him, Dan is there for his friend. However, when a routine forensics job goes bad, Dan is forced to acknowledge his feelings for Gary. Gary and Dan dive into their own nightmare worlds, while a plot is brewing in the dark underworld of the Don Jail. Oblivious to this, Dan and Gary edge ever closer, their separate pain drawing them into a relationship that neither of them are ready for. As Gary slides into his private world of agony, Dan grasps at every lifeline to come to Gary's aid. Can Gary find the cure, even if it means sharing the truth?