Jake wanders aimlessly through the rain after talking to the priest, but eventually ends up at Simon's house. Simon takes him in and the two start to form an unexpected bond over the darkness starting to slither into both their lives.
Jake confronts Simon, the young man he saw in the church, about the profane ritual he witnessed. Confrontation turns into the first stirrings of connection, though, and Simon urges Jake to talk to Father Dan, the priest who presided over the dark rite.
Eighteen year-old Jake, is thrown out of his when he comes out to his family as gay. Lonely and desperate, he seeks refuge in a church, a place to get out of the cold and rain. He finds much more than sanctuary, though. Hiding among the pews, he witnesses an obscene and darkly erotic ritual involving another young man, and must know more.