It all begins at the carnival...

A chain reaction of hope begins to build, giving one boy the courage to confess his feelings and another to make a wish on a wishing machine. By the time the carnival is over, fate will take a hand in the future of a group of young men who fight fear, bullies, their own insecurities, and events that could change the course of their lives forever.

Banding together, they create The Bright Side Brigade, an LGBT support group to fight the hidden crimes of a zero tolerance school.

Their weapons?

Hope. Friendship. And love.

For generations, Arash's Iranian family have fought in the British army. He's been raised to have honour, pride and follow orders.

Already a couple when Arash joined the army in the 70's, Innes began a life of worry, fear and loneliness that lasted twenty years. With a heart condition, it's not been an easy life.

Now, just when Arash is set to retire, he goes missing on a last minute mission. Innes' entire life is put into question and his relationship hangs in the balance. Can they have their peaceful retirement after all or will Arash's last mission be the end of everything?

Competitive swimmer, Rockford Owens is told he has one chance to pass English Lit, before his failure puts his sports scholarship at risk. With limited time – due to studying, swimming and his social life - finding a tutor is harder than it seems.

Until he turns to the last resort: Liam Monroe.

Out-and-proud, and his only gay friend, Liam is flirty but never pushy with his very obvious feelings for Rock. But when Rock turns to Liam for help, he has a price for his time and tutoring skills: Rock must challenge his preconceptions, to see past Liam's sexuality. And Rock figures it's not asking too much.

Until their secret friendship and a long hidden need to be loved makes Rock begin to question everything. At risk to his current friendships, his sports scholarship and even his academic career, Rock must try to use their limited study time to figure out where they stand with each other.

Can they be friends, out in the open, or is their friendship the start of a much deeper trade...of one heart for another?

Christian Stone grew up on the streets. Tough, independent and loyal, he's worked hard to be indispensable to investment banker Bobby Colquhoun. Bobby saved his life, by getting him off the streets, now Christian repays the favour every day of his life, by being his personal bodyguard.

Duncan Colquhoun is a typical playboy; rich, entitled, playing up the bad boy image. He's made being gay popular and acceptable, but even that's not enough to convince Christian to go through with his newest assignment.

A closet asexual, can Christian play gay for more than just the night, when the only secure job he's ever had is put on the line? Can he be Duncan's secret bodyguard, without spilling the secret of his own life? And what happens when his undercover identity starts looking like his biggest closeted secret, that he's kept even from himself?