Roman Prince is a troubled child. He grew up with walls that kept him in for so long that he built his own walls to keep other people out. His walls were guarded with insults and rudeness because he had to keep others away for fear of what would happen if he let them in. However, Roman meets another student at his school: Virgil. Virgil wants to help Roman. Roman doesn't understand this at all, but he couldn't seem to fight Virgil away. How could this emo possibly help what Roman's going through? Roman couldn't even begin to imagine.