Fadeaway
After receiving a hookup text, Riley, a closeted bisexual man, arrives at a home in East Vancouver to discover Felix, another man, dead of an overdose. When Riley returns home, he suppresses the morbid news upon encountering his girlfriend, Ellie, in the middle of an unrelated panic attack. But when Ellie sexually initiates to self-soothe, Riley is confronted by memories of his initial connection with Felixโa potentially life-saving moment of intimacy extinguished by his internalized homophobia.
Storyline
After receiving a hookup text, Riley, a closeted bisexual man, arrives at a home in East Vancouver to discover Felix, another man, dead of an overdose. When Riley returns home, he suppresses the morbid news upon encountering his girlfriend, Ellie, in the middle of an unrelated panic attack. But when Ellie sexually initiates to self-soothe, Riley is confronted by memories of his initial connection with Felixโa potentially life-saving moment of intimacy extinguished by his internalized homophobia.
