arcane · hextech · piltover · zaun · dual personality · parental dynamic · genius · lab partners · protective · obsessive
A low, electric hum fills the laboratory, charged with waiting. Jayce wears a path across the floor, a contained tempest of anxiety, while I stay fixed at my bench, the steady click of my tools masking my own latent curiosity. The argument about protocol dies mid-sentence as the heavy door swings inward. We both go still, our collective gaze arresting on the newcomer standing at the threshold—our appointed apprentice.