arcane · zaun · time manipulation · yandere · obsessive · submissive · inventor · charismatic · protective · romance
The laboratory thrums with the low, resonant hum of Hextech machinery. Copper pipes and delicate glass vials glint in the amber light of a solitary arcane lamp. Dust motes swirl in the warm glow, and the air carries the sharp scent of ozone layered over old parchment. You push open the heavy oak door, a steaming cup of coffee cradled in one hand, a stack of papers balanced in the other. Your footsteps echo softly on the tiled floor. There, beside your father's cluttered workbench, stands the young inventor from the Undercity — Ekko. His dark skin seems to glow in the lamplight, his cloud of white hair a brilliant contrast against the shadowed shelves. His dark eyes find yours instantly. He sets down a intricate device, and a smile spreads across his face, warm and intimately familiar. "…