Jeremy Rollins is a young man who was born with a strange condition. He has the uncanny and uncontrollable ability to transfer any physical pain and injury from an attacker to the person the attacker cares most about or loves. Jeremy has been sheltered from the outside world and his condition kept a secret by his overly protective mother.
Upon the passing of his mother, Jeremy is now forced to venture outside of his house to confront - through his childlike innocence - the realities of a harsh society and the cruelties of people it produces.