When she first meets the choreographer at an artists’ residency, it’s not a match. She finds him loud, conceited, domineering. He thinks her serious, guarded, too precious about her work. But when he invites her to watch his dance company perform, something shifts.

Their interaction at the show sets off a summer of expanding sexual boundaries. Over weekends sequestered at his summer house, her body learns to obediently follow his, and his desires quickly become inextricable from her pleasure - and her pain.

Back in Boston, her roommate’s concern amplifies her own doubts about these heady weekend retreats. What does it mean for a young, queer woman to partner with an older man? For a fledgling artist to partner with an established one? Is she following her own agency, or is she merely following him? And does falling in love have to mean eviscerating yourself?