A young boy burns with childish attraction for his mother's beautiful friend, but finds that a single mistake could ruin everything he imagined between them.

A veteran returns to his hometown in rural North Carolina, hoping to rekindle a romance with the teenage sweetheart that World War I separated him from. Upon their reunion, he realizes that she has stayed the same while he has irreparably changed.

A lovestruck journalist and a torn painter pull the threads of their affair in opposite directions: he desires something more permanent, while she feels indebted to her husband and sons.

A divorced 16 year old girl reflects on how the sexual trauma she experienced as a child perpetuates in her relationships with men throughout her life, forcing herself to grow up too early and leaving her starved for affection and love.

When a seamstress marries for practicality, she finds herself devoid of the love she dreamed of and taking care of an old woman with a penchant for breaking china.

When a young boy witnesses an odd event from the window of his small-town house, he begins to doubt the stability of the world around him.

Nick and his wife live in a cozy New York City apartment until one morning when she goes out to get bagels and never returns. In search of stability, he winds up at the house of an old friend who he quickly realizes feels more at home with than with his wife.

An old man recounts the story of how he met his wife while traveling to Birmingham to look for work. Though they are initially strangers, the man is determined to win over his future-wife, despite her parents' hesitations.

A three-years-married couple have lost the spark that once excited them, leading the wife to venture into tentative love affairs.

At a mundane dinner party, adults dance the night away while two ten-year-olds hide and explore their bodies together.