In the distant future, a tech genius is married to a woman named Charlotte. He works for a company called Reputation Curator that threatens the writers of negative Yelp reviews. His wife Charlotte develops an illness called Guillain-Barré syndrome that blocks her nerves from receiving signals. She is paralyzed from the neck down and extremely depressed because she can't live her life the way she used to. She often makes vague suicidal comments that scare her husband. She listens to a Nirvana album every night to help her sleep, and her husband doesn't quite know or understand why.

Meanwhile, Charlotte's husband (who is never named), has created a worldwide sensation. He's created a lifelike projected version of the President of the United States who was recently murdered. This projected version of the President compiles audio and visuals of words the President actually said in order for him to carry a conversation. Charlotte's husband has conversations with the President every night because its a form of intimacy for him in a situation where he doesn't feel as close to his wife as he used to. Charlotte thinks this is silly and thinks he's stopping the entire world from accepting the fact that the President is gone.

One day, Charlotte decides that she wants to have a baby. She feels like it will keep her hopeful and give her something beautiful to leave behind if she dies. Her husband is a bit uncomfortable having sex with her considering she can't feel anything, but he obliges. When Charlotte starts crying in the middle of them having sex and asks her husband to put on the Nirvana album for her, he is frustrated and taken aback. He doesn't understand what this album means for her. He leaves and listens to the album. After listening to the album he goes back to Charlotte with a new projection he's created--Kurt Cobain. Charlotte gasps and begins having a conversation with Kurt, begging him not to commit suicide, though it's already happened. She finally understands her husbands form of intimacy and he finally understands hers.