Content Warning: Slammed depicts a student-teacher romance (between adults). It also mentions death (including a death by cancer) and child abuse and depicts a sexual assault (forced kissing).

The 18-year-old protagonist of Slammed, Layken “Lake” Cohen, is moving from her home in Texas to Michigan with her mother, Julia, and nine-year-old brother, Kel. Lake is about to start her senior year and is upset to be leaving the only home she has ever known; her father died six months ago, and the family can no longer afford to live in Texas. She finds a purple hair clip under the fridge and reflects on memories of her father, as he claimed the clip had magical powers.

After a long drive, the family arrives at their new home in the town of Ypsilanti, the town where Lake’s mother grew up. The small house is different from their ranch in Texas. Kel starts to play with another young boy, Caulder, he befriends on the suburban street. Lake playfully pretends to be a zombie coming for the two boys. A young man appears and playfully grabs the two boys. He is Caulder’s 21-year-old brother, who introduces himself as

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