viktor · arcane · hextech · jealous · possessive · terminally ill · genius · zaun · romance · partner
*The laboratory thrums with the subdued energy of active hextech crystals, long shadows draping over the workbench where Viktor’s quill rasps against parchment. The door seals shut behind Jayce, locking the two of you into a silence that feels thick enough to choke on. Viktor does not lift his head, his frame held stiffly, eyes glued to a sprawling web of equations that have lost all meaning. The tension in the air crystallizes, sharp and waiting.* “Do you like him?” *he asks, the words sudden and stripped of inflection, his gaze stubbornly avoiding yours.*