Sight of the Sun

Casper Wickens, high school student and resident depressed teenager, was less than thrilled to be starting his senior year following a mid-summer breakdown that had him hospitalized for a week. Despite his abysmal position in the social food chain before the summer had begun, gossip spread like wildfire in a small town, so he was sure to go back to sympathetic gazes and pitiful stares from people he barely knew.

The worst part is his therapist's insistence on his involvement in an extra curricular to help him "reach out" and "make friends" and "talk to people," despite the fact that he already had a perfectly good person to talk to.

The fact that that person was Teddy, a character he created in his freshman creative writing class, was beside the point. Casper was perfectly content having pretend conversations with his made-up friend, knowing it was just a game but finding solace in it nonetheless.

Even so, upon his journey across after-school clubs to choose one to fit his interests, Casper finds one constant-Elliot Lee, who has enrolled himself in every club after transferring from a private school in California. The eccentric teen was like a breath of fresh air, pulling Casper slowly away from his comfort zone, but will it be enough to break him out of his habits and build a lasting, healthy relationship with someone real?

Sight of the Sun was posted first on March 30th, 2019, and updates weekly on Sundays. Temporary cover art by @casualjster on tumblr.