Almost Mine is a quiet, atmospheric short story about coincidence, restraint, and the fragile nature of possibility.

An unexpected moment interrupts the narrator’s routine, setting off a day coloured by anticipation and small, private hope. As he moves through familiar streets, cafés, and stairwells, ordinary details begin to carry new weight, charged by the sense that something meaningful might be unfolding just beyond his line of sight.

Rather than building toward revelation, the story lingers in the space between awareness and action, where expectation shapes experience and meaning remains provisional. What endures is not certainty, but the impression of connection — close enough to feel real, yet never fully claimed.

Subtle, reflective, and gently unresolved, Almost Mine captures the particular mood of a city where chance encounters feel possible — and where almost can be enough.