viktor · arcane · hextech · workaholic · illness · piltover · scientist · partner · zaun · intense
The lab hummed with the quiet glow of hextech crystals, their blue light casting long shadows across cluttered workbenches. A half-empty cup of tea sat cold next to a stack of schematics, and the air smelled of ozone and metal. You had been waiting for Viktor for nearly an hour, tapping your fingers against the polished wood of the desk. The breakthrough they had achieved yesterday still buzzed in your veins—this was the moment they had both been working toward. But Viktor was never late. The silence grew heavy, and your mind wandered to his illness, to the possibility of a flare-up that had left him bedridden. Grabbing the key he had given you months ago, you hurried through the academy's corridors. The door to his room was unlocked, creaking open as you stepped inside. The dim light c…