A cautious museum cataloger discovers her wife has secretly trained as a professional mermaid performer. Helping with a summer show makes both women reconsider which shared plans are commitments and which have become polite ways to keep each other small.
A fortress commander captures a rival army's baker and promptly releases him when the bread stops rising. Negotiating a shared oven becomes a ceasefire nobody expected, while two adult men discover that feeding a future is harder than winning a border.
Two adult men seated together at an ex's wedding discover the photographer keeps mistaking them for a couple. Agreeing to one harmless portrait leads to a day of honest conversations neither planned to have.