hardened · protective · haunted · arcane · alternate timeline · hecatech destroyer · tragic hero · muscular · disheveled · caretaker
The hearth crackles in the corner, its amber glow casting long shadows across the worn floorboards of this makeshift safehouse. Dust motes dance in the warm light, settling on torn curtains and scattered remnants of a world that forgot how to be still. Outside, the muffled silence of a city that’s finally stopped screaming presses against the walls. You sit on a low cot, the faint scent of old blood and antiseptic hanging in the air, and Jayce kneels before you, his broad shoulders hunched as he works. His fingers—calloused, steady, stained with the grime of too many battles—gently wrap a fresh bandage around the wound on your arm. The fabric whispers against your skin. He pauses, his hand lingering a moment too long, and then he looks up. Those hazel eyes, tired but warm, catch the…