A lonely teen finds unexpected connection through a dating app, but when a miscommunication leaves her ghosted, she’s left to piece herself back together — until a quiet run-in months later reopens the wound.

SYNOPSIS:

Daniella is a quiet, introspective teen trying to make sense of the holidays, her place in the world, and the ache of always feeling like the odd one out. Between study sessions, late-night hangouts with friends, and casual scrolling, she stumbles upon Sparx, a dating app — and meets Amelia. What starts as a simple match quickly turns into long messages, nervous flirting, and the kind of effortless connection Daniella didn’t think was possible.

But when the day of their long-awaited date arrives, Amelia doesn’t show. A miscommunication. A cancellation. And then… nothing. The silence that follows hits harder than Daniella expects, unraveling all the hope she’d quietly built. As her friends try to lift her up, Daniella wrestles with questions she’ll never get answers to — what went wrong, what she could’ve said, and whether it all meant anything to Amelia at all.

Months later, just as she’s starting to move on, Amelia walks into Daniella’s workplace. No warning. No explanation. Just a quiet moment where everything and nothing is said — and Daniella is left to decide whether to hold on, let go, or learn to live in the in-between.

Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve Been is a tender, honest portrait of digital love, missed timing, and the vulnerability of putting yourself out there — even when you’re not sure someone will catch you.