The Sum of All our Almosts

The Sum of All Our Almosts

Five years ago, Jenna and Vince were something that didn't have a name.
Close enough to share food, secrets, spoons, and silence.
Distant enough to never say what they really felt.

She was twenty-nine, heartbroken, loud, brilliant, and sure of everything except him.
He was twenty-four, quiet, clever, a little lost, and carrying feelings he never learned to voice.

Life pulled them apart.
Jobs changed. Cities shifted.
And what could've been slowly dissolved into awkward hellos on the street,
like they had never once been each other's favorite person.

Now it's December 2025.
They're older, single again, and one random night forces them back into each other's orbit.
Old memories resurface: shared cups, sleeping in movie theaters, the silver necklace he once gave her.
So do the almosts they tried so hard to bury.

This time, they're finally brave enough to face the math of what they were.
And what they might still be.

Because some stories aren't love at first sight.
Some are love at every almost
waiting for the moment it finally adds up.