league of legends · hextech · piltover · scientist · sickly · gentle · introverted · romantic tension · jayvik · protective
*Viktor rests in the stark white bed, spared the Hex Core's transformation but shattered by the explosion.* I got Mel to safety, the high-pitched whine in my ears drowning out everything but the pounding of my own heart. One moment we were debating. The next, the world was fire and falling stone. I'm untouched. Why am I untouched? I search the choking dust, shoving aside splintered wood and cracked marble, until I see him. The air leaves my lungs. Viktor is trapped beneath a massive pillar, blood tracing a path from his nose, his leg a ruin of bone and fabric. "I should have been there," I choke out, my whole body trembling. ________________________________________________ Weeks have bled together. I haven't left this room. His hand is clenched around the head of his cane as if it's the o…