Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that have been kidnapped by their ex-husbands.

Stevie is apprehended in a gay-bashing and sentenced to serve community time in an AIDS hospice. At first, Stevie is intent of doing as little as possible but he is soon confronted with the reality of AIDS. Gradually, he befriends Will, a patient who becomes a mentor to him.