"You know you get to choose what happens to you, right?" That's what John tells Julie when they meet by accident at a kink play party in New York City. She's an aspiring college dropout living in the shadow of her famous artist parents; he's her father's intern, and the two instantly connect. But with ambitions bared, knives out, and sex an open question, their encounter pushes both of them further than they'd ever thought they'd go.