A bravado wielding dare devil and a corrosively depressed cutter navigate friendship, love and the squishy parts that lie in between. In a series of vignettes that bounce over three decades of a relationship, Doug and Kayleen meet in a the school nurses office and from there build a complex connection over a lifetime of injuries, both physical and emotional. Truly a different type of love story, Gruesome will leave you smarting from its sharp humor and sharper insights.