The film opens as a house fire sends a teenage boy, Sam, and a twenty-something man, Nick, on a road trip across rural America.

Seeming jealousy on Sam's part over anyone spending time with Nick soon suggests that a darker relationship exists between the two males.

[3] The short centers on a man and young boy who arouse suspicion from others at a roadside motel.

It features David Call, Tobias Campbell (who appears in the full-length film), and Merritt Wever.

"[10] Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com described it as "One of those take-it-or-leave it movies where you either surrender completely to the mood and style of the filmmaking or start questioning what it's leaving out, covering up, or glossing over.