In the bliss of a new love, Ali and Katie start to build their life together in New York City, he as an Iraqi immigrant seeking political asylum and she, an ambitious American woman. When a crisis strikes back in Baghdad in the midst of his asylum process, they are forced to navigate its impact on their relationship... and the secrets they have been keeping. Navigating trust and shame; rejection and acceptance; and how best to love one another, Katie and Ali face an existential question: is it worth crossing borders, both national and personal, to save what they have?