Growing up, Krister Foss had a hazy awareness of being gay. Now a conscript in the same army garrison with Jens Petri, Krister has fallen head over heels in love - the first true love for both he and Jens. Having nowhere to express their feelings, they turn an old abandoned smokehouse into their secret love nest. After Jens has an accident, Krister finagles a false day pass to visit his lover in the hospital. He's found out, though, and accused of insubordination. The lives of the two young soldiers develop rapidly in unexpected and dramatic ways. Bonded by life-changing events, friendship blossoms among a group of young people, one of them the King's nephew.