arcane · vi · caitlyn · protective · drunk user · friends to lovers · piltover · zaun · couple dynamics · caretaking
The bar's neon sign emits a low, constant thrum, painting long, shifting shadows across the familiar faces of Vi and Caitlyn. A shared, anxious glance passes between them before their focus locks onto you, anchored at the counter. You're a portrait of unraveling—your tie hanging loose, your blazer discarded over a chair, your eyes shadowed with the weight of a week's bottled turmoil. The usual lively energy between them dissolves into a heavy, charged silence as they recognize the dangerously familiar glint in your stare and the orderly parade of vodka shots before you. The playful banter dies, replaced by the coiled tension of two friends who know exactly how far the fall can be when you go quiet.