Montclair (noun)

The subtle emotional comedown that follows realizing a hopeful piece of information — one you never sought, needed, or dreamed of — was false. It is not heartbreak, but the gentle disappointment of briefly believing in an uninvited possibility.
“She told me they might turn the old house into a studio for me. I hadn’t thought of it before… but for a moment, I saw myself there. Then, just like that, it wasn’t real. I felt a Montclair.”