I'm having some difficulty describing this one. It's a Young Adult slice-of-life. It's fiction, but it could easily be a gay boy's life. It takes place over the course of maybe a month at the most, and it deals with some pretty hefty issues (view spoiler)[rape, sexual abuse by a parent, abandonment issues, and homophobia (hide spoiler)] from a teen's perspective. 
 I wasn't sure I liked the voice of this piece at first. It's told from Tyler's point of view. His thoughts are sometimes delusional, making his fantasies into perceived reality. And there are so many times I wanted to crawl through the floor for him, just like when I was in high school. (Truth be told, after reading this, my time in HS was NOT that bad, even as alone as I felt, which wasn't really true. I was really normal. And thank God I didn't have to put up with half the crap that goes on anymore. Teens have it rough!) 
 It started off a bit slow, but by about 15-25% in, I was really captivated by this enigmatic kid. He's a good kid, and he makes bad choices just like the rest of us have. (I was cringing at some of his bad decisions.) But for as much as he feels put down and put upon by this world and the people in it, he's actually grounded pretty well. 
 If you're looking for an HEA or an HFN though, that's not what this is. Not to say that it ends badly. It just ends. Like any other day might end. This really is more slice-of-life. And that last line really irked me. =) 
 It's a good story. Several typographical/editing issues, and perhaps a bit long in places, but overall really pretty good.