When I'm Gone

Chase
My world forever changed for the worse four years ago. My mistake cost my best friend everything. The only person he truly loved- his little brother. Gone, without a trace. The guilt consumes me. Though we’ve tried, there’s no moving past it. The loss is too great. Until one day, a knock on the door gives me the chance to fix what I ruined. Except, what if it comes at the cost of losing my best friend? What if I do everything I can to save Easton and it’s still not enough?

Easton
I just want a clean break. A fresh start. The last thing I want to do is ask my brother for help after he abandoned me when I needed him the most, but I have nowhere else to go. When his best friend takes me in to keep the peace, I realize how truly broken I am. There’s nothing left of me, all the things that used to make me special got lost somewhere along the way. My past haunts me in ways I never could have expected. I’m getting attached to Chase fast, but how can he want me like this?