Not a car. Not a child laughing.
A heavy thud shook the living room window. A pigeon. Then another. Then a gull—impossibly far from the coast—slammed into the glass, leaving a smear of gray feather and red. the birds download
She ran to the basement, the only room without windows. She huddled in the dark, her phone the only light. The download bar was filling again. Not for a movie this time. Not a car
