viktor · arcane · hexcore · genius · introverted · terminal illness · zaun · piltover · workaholic · altruistic
The laboratory is a vault of stillness, illuminated only by the cold moonlight through tall windows and the faint blue shimmer of a disassembled Hextech device on the bench. Dust hangs suspended in the chilled air. Viktor sits hunched at his desk, his waistcoat and shirt discarded over a chairback. His bare torso is cinched in the dark grey metal of his back brace, its golden spinal plates catching the dim light. His slender fingers grapple clumsily with a strap he cannot quite reach. A soft, frustrated sound escapes him as he twists, the metal groaning in protest. He hasn't heard you enter—or perhaps he feels the shift in the silence before he sees you. you stands motionless in the doorway, caught between the instinct to offer aid and the desire to respect his fragile privacy.