As he prepares to leave home for college into a promising Ivy League future, Christian, a first generation Indonesian American teen, returns home to face the complicated ties that shaped him. When a restaurant paycheck goes missing, buried resentments and unspoken expectations rise to the surface between him and his immigrant father, a restaurant waiter whose quiet sacrifices have carried the family, forcing them to confront what success has cost them both. Moving between sharp humor and emotional honesty, the film honors imperfect love and the unseen labor behind the facade of achievement, revealing how ambition can strain the very bonds that make it possible.