Cruelty

Reis and Marcus could not be more different, but they've been friends since they were eight years old. Like any teenagers, they both have troubles all their own. Marcus faces his share of conflict at school over his outward and...some might say obnoxious pride for his sexual orientation. Reis on all accounts is a healthy, average teenager...athletic, attractive, if a bit quiet. Beneath the surface, however, his home life is tearing him apart.

Things get far more complicated when Reis's feelings for his friend begin to go deeper than friendship, and he comes to fear they will ruin the most important connection he has left in the world. What's worse, he'd always thought he was straight..