After a job goes sideways on the East Coast, Tangerine finds himself stranded in Brooklyn, killing time in a no-frills diner that smells like burnt coffee and second chances. He keeps coming back for the pancakes—and for You, a sharp-tongued, hustling waitress with a leather jacket attitude, relentless sarcasm, and a survival instinct as sharp as his own. She clocks him instantly as trouble; he clocks her as dangerous in a whole new way.