Blacklight

Nick Humphries was used to a life of injustice. His sister was constantly degrading him, his mother was always working a job, gone weeks at a time, and his father left them when he was 9, his sister 8. He was used to being picked on at school, deemed the loser who sat in the library or art room at lunch. Whether it was being shoved into lockers, tripped in the halls, or messed with during class, it seemed as though Nick could never catch a break.
But he didn't always need to feel bad about his situation, because he found that it helped him with his art and songwriting. He used the two as an escape, pouring his sadness and pain into something beautiful. The two things that he did his best to keep secret from everyone else, especially his family, out of fear that they, too, will be snatched away from him.
However, when an ex-friend who had distanced himself from Nick at the start of high school hears his voice after school one day while walking past the music room, his secret is threatened.
Will Nick be able to keep cool under Kiegan's harsh gaze, or will he break under the pressure of his school and home life?