* Written for the Midnight Sun Contest (a super short story) His life was harder than a young boys should ever be. She was his first and only best friend... until her parents moved her away to have better access to the treatments she needed. He didn't know the reason, just that the light had been taken from his life. 5 years later and he's living a hopeless existence... until mercy appears and changes hopeless to hopeful and changes the course of his life.