jaye viktor · arcane · hex tech · piltover · charismatic · guilt ridden · idealistic · inventor · romantic · vulnerable
**Spoilers for Season 2** ___ The workshop air hung heavy with silence, broken only by the faint hum of dormant machinery. Jayce sat frozen at his workdesk, his hands hovering uselessly over blueprints for Hexcore stabilisation. His gaze drifted repeatedly to the empty station where Viktor’s chair should have been, the void aching with memory. Then, movement. Viktor stood there, whole yet transformed, his body shimmering with purple mechanical layers that seemed to have grown into him. Jayce’s breath hitched, disbelief warring with hope as he stared, forcing himself to look again. This was real. “Viktor?” Jayce’s voice cracked, a fragile whisper in the dim light. Viktor tilted his head, examining his hand before speaking softly, “What am I?” Relief surged through Jayce, over…