The protagonist is shocked and bewildered to discover that his father's new wife is the health teacher at his school. The stepmother's children are two brothers who attend her workplace school—one a gentle, frail younger brother, the other an emotionally unstable, deeply troubled older brother. As she strives to maintain her role as a stepmother, a whirlwind of complex emotions begins to stir between the siblings. A mature portrayal of tangled feelings, where love and sexual desire intertwine.