A man and his husband, Edward, adopt a six year old child named Romeo who had experienced abuse an neglect. Edward finds it easy to be kind and accommodating to Romeo, but the man finds it more difficult. He had hoped for an infant who he would have named Will. In his mind he calls him will, and refuses to call him Romeo, only referring to him as "you" or "my boy." Romeo is too old to have his name changed. Because of whatever trauma Romeo had experienced in his previous homes, he behaves badly. He lashes out, cursing at adults, breaking things, hurting himself, and hurting others. He doesn't listen, and only likes to dance. The man is worried about the expensive things he has in his house: he is a patron of the arts and has many art pieces displayed. One painting in particular is his favorite, a painting of a child with a tail in a living room. Romeo is fascinated by the painting too, and looks at it often. The man makes attempts at bonding with him, but he finds he can't find it within himself to see Romeo as his son, he thinks of him as a beast. He tells Edward they should take him back. Romeo happens to hear this and gets upset. Edward admonishes his husband, telling him that they are either doing this or their relationship will end. One day, the man finds Romeo touching the painting. While he explains that it's better that he doesn't touch it, Romeo insists he wants to know how it feels. So he decides he will buy him his own painting that Romeo can touch all he wants. But after buying the painting, Romeo is still upset. He wanted the other painting with the boy. The man refused, and Romeo throws a tantrum. The man and his husband leave Romeo in his room to tire himself out, and they go to sleep. The man wakes up in the middle of the night and goes to check on Romeo. Romeo had hung the painting of the boy in his room, and painted himself with red streaks like the boy in the painting. The man tells asks him if he wants to learn to tango.