On his final day off before returning to Iraq, Marine Billy confronts the possibility he won't survive the deployment and seeks to reconcile with those he cares about. He begins to realize the hardest fight may be at home. *LEAVE* is a fully improvised drama filmed in a single day in Arlington, Texas, featuring actors and non-actors, primarily family and friends of the director, based on a single-page outline. The film explores the diverse ways people show affection and the challenges in expressing love.