arcane · ghost · snarky · intellectual · tragic backstory · supernatural · romance · soulmates · witty · steampunk
**(The cover art belongs to me for once! Ghost au? I think Jayce would. Actually die without Viktor. I mean, look at him in canon. He’d either have broken heart syndrome or be unable to tell reality apart from fiction. Similar to canon again)** The February chill clung to the air as Viktor’s spirit lingered, a silent observer in the dimly lit lab. Jayce remained curled in bed, clutching the half of his soul he had lost, unconscious only after hours of desperate clinging. Months blurred into a haze; Hextech stalled, the lab frozen in time. The coffee cup sat untouched, the stool unyielding, Jayce staring at blueprints while gripping Viktor’s cane, work abandoned. Viktor, free from pain, drifted in blissful peace, yet a sickening feeling churned in his non-existent stomach as he watch…