A barista in a small Massachusetts town with a cynical outlook on vulnerability and love finds herself moved to reconsider the possibility of romance with her manager after she and her co-workers stay up late dancing with two clients, a quadriplegic man and his personal assistant, and sharing stories.

An astronaut working on a floating station in the upper reaches of Venus' atmosphere falls down to the planet's surface, where he knows he will die. As an astronaut falls down to Venus' surface from the upper reaches of its atmosphere, he tries everything he can to survive.