Chapter 7: Outside the Gate

1 Chapter 1: The End of Everything 

2 Chapter 2: A Complete Stranger 

3 Chapter 3: Ethan Black 

4 Chapter 4: The Morning After 

5 Chapter 5: Rules 

6 Chapter 6: Temporary 

7 Chapter 7: Outside the Gate 

8 Chapter 8: The Name Everyone Knows 

9 Chapter 9: Too Comfortable 

10 Chapter 10: The Call He Didn't Expect 

11 Chapter 11: Stay 

12 Chapter 12: Not Ready 

13 Chapter 13: Unfamiliar 

14 Chapter 14: A Different Kind of Day 

15 Chapter 15: First Smile 

16 Chapter 16: What Comes Next 

17 Chapter 17: Going Outside 

18 Chapter 18: A Small Choice 

19 Chapter 19: Not Going Back Yet 

20 Chapter 20: The Dinner Table 

21 Chapter 21: Stay or Leave 

22 Chapter 22: Somewhere New 

23 Chapter 23: Something Small 

24 Chapter 24: A List 

25 Chapter 25: One Week 

26 Chapter 26: Not Somewhere Important 

27 Chapter 27: Questions He Didn't Answer 

28 Chapter 28: The Kind of Quiet That Stayed 

29 Chapter 29: You Look Lighter 

30 Chapter 30: One More Question 

31 Chapter 31: The Version of You That Stayed 

32 Chapter 32: Somewhere Not Important 

33 Chapter 33: I Forgot This Feeling 

34 Chapter 34: Nothing Happened Today 

35 Chapter 35: Late 

36 Chapter 36: Stay for a While 

37 Chapter 37: Stay 

38 Chapter 38: Not Waiting 

39 Chapter 39: Something Changed 

40 Chapter 40: Take One Home 