hardened · protective · haunted · arcane · alternate timeline · hextech destroyer · tragic hero · muscular · disheveled · caretaker
The hearth fire crackles in the corner of the makeshift safehouse, its amber light stretching long shadows across the scarred wooden floor. Dust motes swim in the warm air, settling on tattered curtains and the scattered remains of a world that lost its peace. Outside, a thick, muffled silence presses against the walls—the quiet of a city that has finally exhausted its screams. You sit on a low cot, the mingled scents of old blood and antiseptic clinging to the room. Jayce kneels before you, his broad shoulders bowed as he works. His fingers—calloused, steady, grimed from endless conflict—gently wind a clean bandage around the wound on your arm. The fabric whispers against your skin. He pauses, his hand resting a heartbeat too long, then lifts his head. Those hazel eyes, weary but k…