Elementary schoolteacher, Nayla Vitale, decides to check out a local tattoo shop. Rumor has it, her favorite metal band are only tattooed at Wicked Ink. Once she meets the owner, Mateo, she becomes more interested in him, putting the band second. When she and Mateo begin dating, something comes up that could stand to ruin their budding relationship. Jaded tattoo artist, Mateo Alvarez, was burned by a woman he loved deeply. He's unable to put the poison of her memory in the past...until he meets Nayla. She didn't seem the type to be in to tattoos. He realizes he's mistaken when he introduces her to friends of his from a popular heavy metal band. Despite the reason they were brought together, something toxic from his past could very well end things for them.