Beyah Grim comes from a life of absolute poverty, neglect, and trauma, forced to navigate the world completely alone until her mother's sudden overdose leaves her with nowhere to turn. Desperate, she reaches out to her estranged father, spending the summer at a luxurious beach house on a wealthy peninsula in Texas. There, she encounters Samson, a wealthy, enigmatic youth who seems to possess everything Beyah lacks. Driven together by their shared, unspoken emotional scars, they enter into a fleeting summer romance with a strict expiration date. However, a shocking legal twist exposes the true depth of Samson's hidden past, turning their simple summer fling into a heavy battle for survival.