Martin Benson, after a lifetime away, has made it home to Merseyside. He's bought a house at the top of his town and filled it with souvenirs of a wandering life. He shares a home with a stern partner, a motorcycle test examiner, Rob, who tripped over him comatose one dark night on the prom, sensed Benson was a slave to the bottle, took him to a meeting of QA (Queer Alcoholics) and moved in.  Rob sets out to make a new man of Benson.

After a life spent in the shallows, Benson has come to the point -- somewhat late in his day -- when he must face reality an proceed, guided by Rob and his mates in QA, into life's deep-end.  But can he?  Will 'Deares Him' finally win out of a lifetime of one-night-stands? Can Benson ever go home and nail his white loafers with Velcro fastenings to the kitchen floor?