Lloyd, is this the raw scan, or did you process it? Because while I quite like the photo (the expression, composition and so on), there is something going on with the processing that looks a bit unnatural to me. Did you do a lot of retouching? Because it looks kind of like he is wearing eyeshadow right now. I think the reason it looks that way is a mix of aggressive sharpening, curves, and presumably a lightening of the under-eye area (the bags...trust me, I have these like Benecio Del Toro, so I know the issue). But now, the area immediately about the eye is so dark, while the undereye is light, and I think this is giving a sort of make-up like effect. This is exacerbated by the sharpening, which makes the lashes look like they have mascara. Now please please please don't take this the wrong way -- I don't think there is anything feminine about the kid or anything like that, it just seems to me to be a bit overzealously processed.
Anyway, that's just the impression I got -- it could just be a jpeg compression issue or something like that. Just giving another point of view...