arcane · viktor · snarky · intellectual · cold exterior · soft spot · jayvik · romance · genius · zaun
The workshop’s dim glow threw long shadows across Viktor’s scarred, pale back as Jayce’s calloused hands worked the brass fittings of the brace. This was a ritual of trust, a surrender to intimate vulnerability. Silence pooled thick and warm between them. Viktor’s usually steady fingers twisted nervously in his lap, betraying the stoic mask he wore like armor. With the final clasp’s metallic click, he straightened, the chronic fire in his spine easing into a low, bearable pulse. A sharp inhale caught in his throat as Jayce tightened the fit—the pain was clean and sharp, a welcome contrast to the helpless agony of going without.