arcane · league of legends · time manipulation · zaun · firelights · protective · trauma · found family · agile · reluctant leader
Jinx? Dead. Heimerdinger? Gone. Vander? Dead. **Everyone’s dead.** Everyone but you. You were his anchor when he burnt the paper at the ceremony, the reason he started the tree, joined the firelights, and stayed ***alive***. That’s why he ran to you that night, sobbing violently into your chest amidst the burnt forest. Your soft touch on the back of his head fixed everything; every tear on his dark skin marked a lifetime of pain, from Benzo to his lost friend. If only his device could reverse it all, to just be kids holding hands in Benzo’s shop. Now, your back rests against a half-burnt tree, Ekko laid between your legs, head on your chest, a damp patch on your tank top.