Violet, a young nurse fresh out of school has been hired at Briarcliff, a mental facility for the criminally insane. Tate Langdon has been a resident for two years, unresponsive in a coma isolated from the other patients under the care of Dr. Arden. Soon it is quite clear to Violet that all is not what it seems as she finds that one particular boy is very much awake.

Since the 1960's, Briarcliff Hospital has transformed from an insane asylum to a state of the art treatment center: just the kind place Kit Walker needs to be in after his suicide attempt. While there, he becomes infatuated with longtime patient Violet Harmon, who doesn't feel the same way about him–yet. Violet/Kit AU. Rated M for language, violence, triggers, and sexuality.