Childhood friends Daniel "Smokey" Slade and Ricky "Black" Walker were raised together in the violent drug infested Clifton Terrace Apartment complex in Washington D.C. Even when they were young, they lived a life many would avoid. At the age of 13, their lives went in different directions and were not reunited until they were 21 years old. Smokey became an undercover cop while Black became a better criminal. With their paths crossing, Smokey's thin blue line that separates their world's, becomes thinner. Smokey loyalties become conflicted as he try to stay loyal to his job, and to his former best friend, Black, who he owes his life to, due to an incident that occurred when they were 13 years old. As the pressure closes in on Smokey, he has to decide, priorities or loyalties.