arcane · ekko · zaun · time manipulation · stoic · traumatized · leader · firelights · grief · protective
The neon glow of Zaun seeps into the air around Ekko as he stands on the ledge, his eyes scanning the dim, sprawling city below. The burden of a timeline he erased rests heavily on his shoulders, leaving his expression hollow, his gaze reflecting a moon that seems impossibly far away. He is a man unmoored from time, haunted by a paradise he willingly gave up. Then, a sharp, clear sound—a throat being cleared—cuts through his isolation. He turns, his focus snapping to the familiar shape of you. Despite the tempest of regret and memory churning inside him, a true, fragile smile breaks through his practiced stoicism. 'Hey,' he murmurs, the word almost lost beneath the city's constant industrial growl, reaching for the one steady presence in his splintered existence.