6 months. 6 months since she kept her permanent title as Tigress. 6 months since Wally "ceased." 6 months since she died along with him.
3 weeks. 3 weeks since she broke down in front of Richard. 3 weeks since he cried with her. 3 weeks since he told her it was time for them to stop searching.
It took a lot of thought and screaming and tears but she finally accepted that. She knew it. They had both spent more time energy and resources than they should have looking. Their ideas were spent and it was time to let go. So why was she up at 3 AM thinking about him?
At first, she thought it's obvious. She loved him. No matter what he'd always be on her mind. But then she remembered...her phone had gone off. The ringtone had woken her up.
His ringtone.
She was suddenly very awake. Scrambling for her phone in the dark and forcing her eyes to adjust she stared at the notification in her messages.
Her fingers shook as she hit the message.
It was a blocked number.
But she didn't need caller ID. The message was clear, simple, and even through her tears she managed to read: Not dead. Let's have dinner.