Grace was patient, kind, and everything he never knew how to keep. But late nights, empty promises, and emotional distance pushed her away. Now she's gone, and it's his fault.

As Barry reflects on the man he became, he starts the slow process of healing-through therapy, hard truths, and learning to be alone. When Grace finds someone new, Barry realizes it's too late to fix the past... but not too late to fix himself.

Lost is a story about heartbreak, growth, and the quiet redemption that comes from finally choosing yourself.

Same café. Same laugh. But she wasn't laughing with me.


She looked good—free in a way I never could make her feel.


I used to be the reason behind that smile.


Now I'm just a man behind a windshield, gripping the wheel like it might take me back in time.


But even I know—it wasn't the world that broke us.


She sat across from him like she belonged there. Not in a way that screamed passion, but in that soft, steady way you lean into when you feel safe.


I remember when she looked at me like that.


The worst part about hurting someone isn't the silence afterward. It's the memory of their voice before they gave up.


And I remember hers so clearly—gentle, patient, getting quieter each time I came home smelling like bad decisions.


God, I used to think she'd never leave.


But I forgot—love isn't armor. It's a gift. And I returned it broken.


Before the bars and the late nights. Before the slurred excuses.


Before the version of me that only ever loved himself showed up and ruined everything.


And now she's here—glowing, graceful, and so far from mine.


And I'm outside, staring through a fogged windshield at what I once held in my hands,


When I had you... why wasn't that enough?


Chapter 1 - Chapter One: When I Had You