Hot Breath/Cold Air

Max, a Brooklyn bartender, always knew his breath was a curse. "You breathe like a dragon after a garlic festival," his sister joked. Everything changes on a cold December morning when Iris, an artist who lost her sense of smell after an accident, walks into his bar. To her, his breath is just warm air on a freezing day. Their strange attraction deepens when Max discovers he can "draw" with his breath on fogged windows, and Iris begins to see entire worlds in these ephemeral patterns. But can their fragile connection survive the potential return of her sense of smell and the pressure from her successful gallerist ex, who deems Max unworthy? A story about how the most imperfect flaw becomes a bridge to true intimacy.