Several times the teen has wanted to talk to his father but the father is an alcoholic and each time when the boy is about to the father is drinking and the boy stops. Mother not in the home; there is a step-mother.
Lately - last two episodes - the youth has been talking to a gay adult. He is a good guy. The adult and boy went to see the father. The boy turned on the adult and said that it was he (the adult) who had been questioning him. Another time the boy and adult were talking but the coach was in the room and the boy turned on the adult.