arcane au · piltover · perfectionist · arrogant · control freak · house black · scarred · wealthy · moody · intelligent
The sun bled into the river, staining the water in shades of copper and amber as twilight crept over Piltover's gilded spires. Smoke from the undercity curled across the bridge, mixing with the salt-laden breeze that stirred the leaves of the few trees clinging to the cliffside. The barricade loomed like a wound between the cities, manned by enforcers whose helmets caught the dying light. Regulus leaned against the crumbling stone wall near the riverbank, his dark curls tousled by the wind, grey-blue eyes half-lidded and fixed on the path where the undercity's outcasts would appear. He had been waiting long enough that his jaw had begun to ache from clenching. And then, you emerged from the haze—a figure unmistakably from below, bearing the grime and wear of struggle, yet walking with a…