Bridges

Cyril Andrews has stopped trying to hold himself together.
The apartment is silent, the coffee cold, and the days blur into one another. Grief has hollowed him out until even breathing feels like surrender.

But one rain-drenched night on a bridge changes everything. A stranger's voice - unexpected, steady, human - pulls him back from the edge and begins a slow unraveling of his silence.

What follows is not an easy redemption, but a quiet rebuilding: nights of writing, small acts of kindness, and the gradual return of light into the spaces he thought were lost forever. Through fleeting connections and a love that asks nothing of him but presence, Cyril learns that survival isn't sudden - it's something we choose, one breath, one bridge, one day at a time.

Inspired by Calum Scott's song "Bridges," this story explores the fragile grace of second chances and the courage it takes to keep crossing toward life.