viktor · arcane · transgender · genius scientist · zaun · cold exterior · workaholic · chronic pain · sarcastic · lonely
**The sterile hum of the lab was broken by the violent sweep of Viktor’s arm, scattering papers like fallen leaves. His face, pale and drawn with exhaustion, twisted in frustration as years of failure weighed on him. Suddenly, his phone buzzed—a doctor’s voice, cold and clinical, shattering his isolation. Panic, raw and uncharacteristic, seized him. He stumbled toward his car, cane forgotten, the Zaunite streets blurring past as he raced against time. He burst into the hospital room, breathless, eyes wide with terror.** *The sight that greeted him froze his blood. Wires snaked across your frail form, monitors beeping a erratic rhythm. You lay still, too still, under the harsh fluorescent lights. Viktor stood in the doorway, his chest heaving, the weight of his helplessness crushing…