Tim rushed over and started operating the machine.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpxmfK4pmP
His fingertips trembled as he typed in the commands, failing the password twice before finally gaining access to the main control panel. His mind was a mess—he could barely hear the steady rhythm of heartbeats behind him. All his focus was on those rows of options he knew by heart.
He switched the machine to thawing mode.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79R8vecBo0
As the options lit up before him, he didn’t hesitate to select “Initiate Thawing Process,” as if it were the only choice. He didn’t think about the consequences or the risks—her pulse had returned. That meant she should wake up. That belief was all he had.
But the machine's analysis showed: thawing would take six hours.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8q70gKEJN
A line of cold, emotionless text appeared at the center of the screen, like a slap to the face. He stared at it and frowned. It wasn’t “immediate.” It wasn’t “now.” It was six hours—an eternity.
Tim frowned. Six hours was far too long.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis5AaF8onn
He almost cursed. Six hours wasn’t a process—it was torture. He could take down dozens of enemies, crack hundreds of codes, but this kind of stillness, this wait, was unbearable.
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He clenched his jaw and spun around. He couldn’t just stand there doing nothing—he needed to do something. His actions were a distraction, a way to suppress that overwhelming desire inside him.
He turned and strode across the Batcave, searching for what he needed.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2n1uwqBaKa
His steps were quick and purposeful, like he was carrying out a classified emergency mission. He didn’t say a word, but his movements made it clear: she’s going to wake up, and when she does, she won’t be cold, or in pain, or alone.
Heater. Blankets.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7klW3kXG63
He remembered those supplies were stored in the back storage room. Tim carried them out, sweating under the strain, beads of sweat gathering on his brow. His hands were so cold they trembled, but he didn’t stop.
He hauled everything into the room and turned the heater on.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxfTJLsbCu
It roared to life with a low hum, warm air beginning to spread and slowly filling the morgue-like space. Tim cranked the temperature to its highest setting, as if trying to chase away the past two years of cold with heat.
The room quickly filled with warmth.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemfCLZSFwB
Steam began to swirl through the air. The clash between cold and hot fogged the glass, and Tim stood in the mist like a figure out of a dream. But his expression wasn’t dreamy—it was alert and intense.
Tim stared at the person inside the cryo-pod, then reached out with trembling hands to press the button.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Fo31P1n2d
His finger hovered above it for several seconds, as if it were a door that, once opened, could never be closed again. He took a deep breath—and finally pressed down.
The pod door opened slowly, releasing a rush of icy mist.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdfARMlJwj
At that moment, warm and cold collided like a crack forming between the human world and a dream. Fog churned and blurred the room, transforming it into something unreal.
Tim looked at the girl he hadn’t seen in two years.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDD8eoLKrLc
She lay there, lashes resting on unmoving lids, lips pale, hair clinging to her cheeks. He stood frozen, barely breathing, afraid to disturb the fragile silence.
He touched Nora’s golden hair.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh9vwIWV8d
It was cold, dotted with dew from the thawing process. Her hair was a little longer than he remembered, as if time had quietly left its mark on her while she slept. His fingertips trembled—he couldn’t tell if it was from nerves or pain.
Then, he took a deep breath and gently lifted her into his arms.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwjnui1Vo3
His arms circled her back and legs with reverent care. He could feel her body was still cold, her skin like that of a statue yet to awaken. She felt too light—or perhaps, he had simply forgotten what it was like to hold her.
Tim didn’t go far. He turned and sat down right next to the cryo-unit.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YMidkReEg
He didn’t dare leave its side, as if she still needed the machine to survive. When he sat, he accidentally brushed against its edge—the cold metal grounding him back to reality. He adjusted his posture and let himself become another anchor she could lean on.
Holding Nora in his arms.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXhAyNzuhq
She rested against his chest like an unawakened soul. He could feel her breathing—irregular, sustained only by the system—but she was here. She was really here.
He covered her with the blanket and let her rest against him.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxM7khrF5a5
That thick layer of fabric was the only barrier he could offer. He smoothed it over her, carefully wrapping even her feet, afraid that even the tiniest gap might let the cold in. He let her head rest on his shoulder, his arms still steady beneath her back.
So cold, Tim thought. Like holding a block of ice.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOBbySjlAV
She had no body heat. Yet his heartbeat raced, as if trying to warm her with his own. The cold seeped into his skin, his bones, his blood—but he didn’t move.
Tim didn’t want to let go.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwWKiejgPh
Even when his fingers went numb, even when his knees began to ache, he didn’t loosen his grip. Because this was the first time in two years that he could truly hold her.
He didn’t know when she would wake.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx64XMO8pqt
But right now, she was in his arms.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQfqZj0zRB
And that was enough.
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Nora's first thought was—It's so hot!106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGKP5IeE4m
Not just warm—hot, like her entire body had been thrown into warm water. Her brows furrowed slightly as her consciousness slowly floated upward from the depths, and every inch of her skin screamed in discomfort, as if someone had left her under the burning sun in the middle of a desert.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnTw5amKEW
What’s going on? Is my body actually being exposed to direct sunlight?
She tried to move, but even her eyelids felt like they were weighed down with lead. Her whole body was trapped between heat and heaviness, limbs stiff, mind foggy. All she had to prove she was still alive was that faint sensation of discomfort. And yet, rising alongside the heat, there was something else—a sense of safety.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcgVCOVoyQ
Not fear.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxzPSOUj4M
Not war.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ff1RIB5QL
But—
Nora remembered her last memory.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6I0Kii9kN
She remembered stepping into that machine.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOldticM2t
She remembered the last thing she saw: a few familiar faces.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqD2vbp6ij
Her family. Her home. The world she had spent her last life protecting.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54u46zTCCE
She had forced herself to memorize their eyes, their farewells. And then—darkness.
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Something inside her flared to life.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJa8t7UXoR
Does this mean the connection succeeded? Did my consciousness really return to Batman’s timeline?106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDLZLcNaTs
Her heart began racing uncontrollably. A prophecy had come true—106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhUtC7aLp7
She was alive.
Just realizing this made Nora tremble.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CoODRBJ3v
Her fingers wanted to move, her eyelids wanted to open, her lungs ached to draw in real air.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLlBZxQD2Y
Her whole being strained, like a chrysalis about to burst.
She made her decision:106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBDpmGXZIo
She would open her eyes.
Slowly, with effort, her will pushed forward like a stone rolling uphill. Her vision blurred, hazy, then slowly sharpened.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0zW1TTewf
The light stung, but she succeeded.
Green eyes slowly opened—106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwz1P8Xb1T0
And Nora froze.
She didn’t see a ceiling.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwIENOK6tM
She didn’t see white lights.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb6TnyyjtH
The very first thing she saw—was him.
Tim’s face was resting against her left shoulder. His breathing was steady, eyes shut.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy70yNGPwe8
He had fallen asleep—right there—curled up beside her.
The first thing she saw was the person she missed the most.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn74ROzJLZ8
She held her breath, terrified that this would shatter if she blinked.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOBsCEBt7U
But he was real. Not a memory, not a dream, not a hallucination.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9Tr4G4Q19
His warmth, the slight twitch of his eyelashes—106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vypKz8iRZ
All of it whispered: this is real.
Tim was leaning against her left shoulder, sound asleep.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1by2JtcTsH
He looked exhausted.
He hadn’t noticed she’d woken. His breathing carried the weight of someone who’d finally collapsed after holding out too long. He’d only allowed himself to rest once he knew she was safe.
Nora stared at him.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINnMA3qff3
He looked thinner.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpwJVZ9gVP
His jawline was sharper, his collarbones more pronounced. His hair was messy, like he hadn’t rested properly in ages.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmh4kumvpp
Has he even been eating?
He looked starved.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28KEYcWhl5
His cheeks were sunken, lips dry. 106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBcrTAcHPx
Those under-eye circles are massive… Has he even slept at all?
She almost chuckled.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kqNUMlzaG
This guy… Has he not been sleeping?106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QpDrD0ZUm
Then she realized—
That heat I felt earlier wasn’t from the sun… it was him. He’s been holding me this whole time.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf17h0LuCy
No wonder it was so warm. I was in his arms.
She glanced down. Her entire body was wrapped in a thick blanket, like a cocoon. Even her toes were snugly covered.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC8SKF82Nw
So that’s what I looked like… wrapped up like a little bundle.
She lifted one arm slightly, both amused and touched.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWCzkvzGCb
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Her gaze softened.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFZxKYXhUX
It was a wordless mix of gratitude and ache that welled up from reunion.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8vJKroka7
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She slowly pulled her right hand free, wanting to touch the dark circles under his eyes.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrxdnWKAwM
The motion was clumsy, but she pushed through the blanket and reached for his tired face, her fingers trembling—
And the moment she touched him, Tim flinched.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpur633bQJ
It was instinctive, like a wild animal startled in its sleep.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SKspx4UK4
His body jolted, brow furrowed, breath catching for a second—
Blue eyes slowly opened.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0Nb0hfY6V
Still dazed from sleep, his gaze was unfocused.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz70lf9aji
He blinked twice, clearly still halfway in a dream.
But she could feel it—his heartbeat surged in that moment.
There were a few seconds of confusion.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KFNnS1NjB
Then his blue eyes slowly met her green ones.
In that moment, the whole world fell still.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEYjLlyv5V
Just the two of them, blue and green locked in a gaze that spanned across time and death.
They stared.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6pdyS4zkH
No words. No movement. Just a quiet confirmation—106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeERK0pQNow
You're really back.
Then—106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUSqAxiMnK
Nora smiled.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa2Bcalf3Z
Idiot, she thought fondly.
The corners of her eyes shimmered, but her smile was radiant.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUj24FXUyZ
She knew how long he had held on. How tired he must be.
There were a million things she wanted to say.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr54xwNFdg
But right now, she just wanted to do one thing.
Nora placed her right hand on the back of her boyfriend’s head.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PdixYsaUJ
She applied gentle pressure—firm, but soft.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SklC55rEs
This was her choice. Her will.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qSyCLpovm
She didn’t want to wait for anyone to speak first.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o2SGbdLy7
She wanted to act.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPqVJOMtFh
To tell him with her actions: I’m back. You’re here. We’re still us.
Their lips moved closer.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfwrzBEqUl
Breaths mingled. Their noses almost touched.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTAy4bySqb
His pupils widened in shock.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefnLrymjFK
But she closed her eyes, still smiling.
After two long years, they were finally together again.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOC05FlhZ6
It began with this moment.106Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjOUCKJ2N0
And this kiss.
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and then Add to home screen.