Corey has always been a weirdo - queer, goth, and Big Neurodivergent. Witching seemed like the only career where his weirdness wouldn't work against him, but now he's almost finished his apprenticeship with Aspen (Parksville's current community Witch) and has to figure out what to do with himself, since the BC College of Witches won't approve a second full-time witch for their small town. Moving to a larger city is out of the question - who would ever want to be friends with a loner goth freak who sucks at people?

And then Dee (Aspen's cousin and newly graduated art student) moves into his mentor's basement while they start an art mentorship aimed at helping them become a full-time professional artist. Corey is stymied to discover that in addition to being both charming and hot, Dee also wants to be... his friend? Which he knows can only end poorly, only he can't seem to stay away, because he wants to be so much more than just friends.