Bobby had grown up in a home in suburban Cleveland, Ohio where partying and drugs were a recurring theme. He had already witnessed his beloved older brotherโs death in a home accident and his motherโs death by the time he befriends Jonathan, who comes from a sheltered, but loving family. After Bobby finds his father dead, Jonathanโs family takes him in.
Bobby and Jonathan become best friends. Closer than brothers, they also experiment sexually. The two eventually lose touch, but meet up again in their twenties in 1980s New York, where Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his eccentric roommate Clare. Clare had planned to have a baby with Jonathan (now openly gay), but Bobby and Clare become lovers, while Jonathan still has feelings for Bobby. Clare and Bobby had a baby named Rebecca and moved to a country home (together with Jonathan) where they build a family together.
The trio form their own unusual family, questioning traditional definitions of family and love, while dealing with the complications of their love triangle.