An intimate psychological drama centered on an evolving encounter between two men, set within a luxury hotel suite in Washington, D.C. Over the course of a single evening, what begins as a familiar encounter slowly becomes something neither man anticipated, as the roles and defenses that have long defined their relationship begin to fall away, forcing each to confront the flawed human being before him.

• THE ROLES WE PERFORM

Every person performs versions of themselves. Some performances are chosen. Others become necessary for survival. What happens when the roles we have constructed begin to collapse?

• COMPARTMENTALIZATION

We separate contradictory parts of ourselves in order to function. But what is divided psychologically does not necessarily remain separate.

• THE PRICE OF TRUTH

Truth is rarely consequence-free. Sometimes the question is not whether something is true, but whether telling it is worth what follows.

• COMPASSION WITHOUT EXONERATION

Understanding why someone became who they are does not erase what they have done.

• THE FAILURE OF CERTAINTY

Certainty can make us feel safe. It can also prevent us from seeing another person clearly.

Senator Harlan Mercer is scheduled to meet a Ukrainian defense representative to discuss the latest defense package. As the meeting progresses we realize something else is afoot. The young operative makes advances on the Senator. The Senator demures. He calls off what would have been another in a list of many elaborate role-plays performed by his escort - Evan Reed, whose street name is Sprite.

What follows is an increasingly intimate and unpredictable encounter between two men who have learned to survive by separating the different parts of themselves.

Mercer reveals that he has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and has only months to live.

As the evening unfolds, the defenses that have sustained his public and private identities begin to fracture.

But Mercer and Evan are not alone. The housekeeper that had stocked liquor bottles prior to Evan's arrival is an activist named Jenny.

She is part of a radical Queer group called the Spring-Cleaning Crew - a group dedicated to exposing closeted public figures.

She had planted a listening device under the tray she left behind while delivering the liquor.

When the recording is discovered, the question becomes not simply what Mercer has done, or who he really is, but what should happen when the truth is placed in someone else's hands.

The choice carries consequences for everyone in Suite 1805.