Two mismatched lovers arrive at the British seaside town of Scarborough, seeking an escape from the constraints of real life. Liz, desperately shy and beautiful, seems older than her companion, the happy-go-lucky and impulsive Daz. In their faded hotel room, amongst the peeling wallpaper and away from the prying eyes of their hometown, they laugh, quarrel, make love and enjoy their anonymity.

In an identical room in the same hotel, the sensitive artist Aiden and Beth, a fiery and impulsive young woman, tell the same story. The hotel rooms are the couples’ safe haven, but also a self-imposed prison, avoiding as they must the outside world. After all, two of them are still at school and barely 16 years old. And the other two are their own teachers. As both couples are forced to come to terms with the illicit nature of their love, power shifts from one lover to the other, and joy turns to suffering as they reel from the destructive force of unbridled love.