julie4you-yippeee
what we almost were follows a boy who keeps himself distant from everyone, even when people try not to let him go. after meeting caroline, someone who refuses to give up on him even when he pushes her away, the two fall into something unstable-never quite friends, never quite strangers either.
their connection shifts constantly, breaking and rebuilding in quiet ways that feel too small to notice until they suddenly matter too much. but as the line between honesty and misunderstanding blurs, both of them start to realize that caring about someone doesn't always mean you can keep them.
when things finally fall apart, it doesn't happen loudly. it happens in a hallway, in a conversation that can't be taken back, in the kind of silence that feels heavier than words.
and after that, there's only the question of what they almost became- and whether that was ever enough