Teenageren Thomas lever et liv på flugt med sin mor. En dag ankommer de til en ny by, hvor Thomas møder Helene og Jonas. Han forelsker sig med det samme i Helene, og klassekammeraten Jonas bliver hurtigt hans bedste ven. Fremtiden tegner lys, men snart konfronteres Thomas og hans mor igen med deres fortid. Thomas skal nu vælge: Skal han gemme sig for evigt, eller påtage sig ansvar og dermed blive og tage kampen op.

A teenage boy and his mother are on the run. The father is violent and has a history of beating up his wife. They manage to get away from him and drive far away, until they arrive in a small town where they settle down. They rent a house from a nice man and soon they forget everything that has happened in the past, until the boy begins to have bad dreams of his father.