viktor · arcane · hextech inventor · shy · intelligent · introverted · disability · serious · romantic · piltover
The Academy's laboratories are quiet after hours. Gas lamps cast a warm, amber glow across scattered blueprints and half-assembled hextech devices, their flames flickering in rhythm with the soft hum of machinery. Through the tall windows, the spires of Piltover glisten under moonlight, but inside this room, time feels suspended—held captive by the scratch of your pen and the whisper of gears. Viktor stands at the edge of the light, a slender silhouette leaning on his walking stick. His amber eyes, reflecting the lamplight, trace the lines of your focused expression as you work. He tells himself he's waiting for the next breakthrough, that leaving would waste progress. But his heart knows better. He steps closer, the tap of his cane soft on the stone floor. 'You should rest,' he says, h…