Holly Slept Over 2020

Noel and Audra are a married pair of lawyers who have spent the past year trying to start a family without success. Their close friends and neighbors, Pete and Marnie, are also a married couple, and their intertwined lives set the stage for a delicate, evolving dynamic.

One day Audra receives a message on social media from her old college roommate, Holly, asking to reconnect and meet up. Audra recounts their college fling to Noel, who is surprised and remembers the past. Pete suggests Noel should propose a threesome with Audra and Holly as a way to explore new possibilities. Audra invites Holly to their home, though she’s visibly nervous, and Noel welcomes her warmly when she arrives.

Holly introduces herself to Noel and is instantly captivating. She takes a shower and ends up resting for most of the day, quieting the growing tension in the house.

That evening, Audra wakes Holly, and they share a dinner while Noel reveals that he knows about Audra’s fling with Holly. Audra grows upset, and Noel tries to offer comfort. Holly and Noel end up talking, and the topic of a threesome resurfaces. Holly agrees, and they begin to persuade Audra. She is hesitant at first, but the idea starts to feel more possible after she consumes one of Holly’s marijuana cookies.

As the trio inch toward intimacy, Marnie bursts into the house in a rage over a private matter—her husband had masturbated on her face. A heated confrontation ensues, and the three leave, though the moment ripples through the night. Holly, Noel, and Audra proceed with their interconnection, and the encounter culminates in a sexual bond among the three.

Afterwards, Audra admits that she loved Holly, and she reveals the complications that arose when Holly began sleeping with other people. Noel’s frustration grows as he witnesses the two women kissing, and he asks Holly to sleep in the guest room, with Holly agreeing that they will talk in the morning.

Morning arrives with a serene scene: Holly cooks breakfast and then departs, leaving the two couples to reflect. Six months pass, and both marriages endure, with Audra now heavily pregnant, signaling a surprising and hopeful turn in their intertwined lives.

In an alternate ending, the morning after, Holly leaves a small gift in the bedroom and urges them not to look until she’s gone. After cheerful goodbyes, the couple heads to the guest room—only to discover that Holly has defecated in the bed, a jarring and darkly comic twist that leaves the situation unresolved and open to interpretation.