She laughed. It was a rusty, surprised sound.
She posted it. No filter. No location tag. No emojis. rain captions for instagram
The street was empty. The gutters sang. A lone taxi splashed a wave over the curb, and Lena didn't dodge. The water hit her jeans, cold and shocking. It was perfect. She laughed
She picked up her phone again. This time, she didn't open Instagram. She opened the voice memo app. She laughed. It was a rusty
And somewhere, in the cloud of data and wifi signals, a thousand other people would screenshot that caption. They would repost it. They would add their own photos of grey skies and wet streets.