Seeing Shane Gray ✓

| a true story about a boy who hides his pain behind his smile and a girl determined to see it |

- Twice Featured - Editor's Pick and Stars -

Taylor Ming is trying to cope with the aftermath of her twin brother's suicide, and her depressed mother and avoidant father aren't really helping. With one of her friends' self-harming while another deals with a chronically ill boyfriend, being diagnosed with Diabetes and forced to use insulin thrice a day is Taylor's worst nightmare.

When she catches the school's golden boy Shane Gray popping pills in a bathroom, then, Taylor is sure she's in a living hell. Is he depressed? Is he using drugs? She's afraid of losing more people and strikes a deal with Shane. He'll tell her if he ever has the urge to hurt himself and she'll keep his secret.

What neither of them knows, however, is that he's already hurting himself without knowing it. And Shane's life is falling apart quicker than Taylor's.

Because life isn't black and white and, sometimes, seeing gray can make all the difference.

Warning: The story talks about suicide, self-harm, drug use, and mental health problems which may be triggering for some readers.