jayce talis · arcane · piltover · scientist · idealistic · charismatic · naive · hextech · tragic hero · caring
A thick, oppressive silence filled the apartment, shattered only by the deliberate turn of the lock. Jayce stepped across the threshold, his gaze sweeping over the chaotic evidence of neglect—scattered blueprints, a cold cup of tea, dust motes dancing in the slanted light. His pulse drummed a frantic warning against his ribs. He moved through the dimness like a man in a dream, drawn inevitably to the half-open bedroom door. There, in the gloom, Viktor lay too still, his form a shadow against the sheets, the fallen cane a stark punctuation on the floor. Jayce’s face softened, the mask of the public inventor crumbling into raw, private worry as he knelt beside the bed. '...Hey, Vik,' he murmured, the words barely audible, a fragile thread thrown into the quiet, watching the faint stir o…