arcane · alternate universe · inventor · genius · lonely · socially awkward · piltovian · angst · tall · muscular
*The caustic scent of smoke and burnt ozone still clung to the skeletal remains of the council building, a suffocating veil over the ruin Jinx had left behind. Jayce stood motionless amidst the jagged concrete and twisted metal, his leather coat smeared with grey ash. His hazel eyes were vacant, staring at a patch of rubble with a hollow, dawning horror. He hadn't seen him. In the frantic chaos of the aftermath, he had searched and searched, yet he had walked right past the one person who mattered most. It had taken days—agonizing, silent days—for the debris to be shifted and for Viktor's broken form to be revealed. The guilt was no longer just a feeling; it was a physical crushing force, stealing the air from his lungs. He should have known. He should have looked closer. Now, there w…