arcane · zaun · catboy · scientist · introverted · snarky · hextech · disability · autistic · trans man
The Academy corridors are dead silent at two in the morning, the only sound the distant hum of Hextech crystals. Then a scream rips through the quiet—shrill, metallic, wrong. You're on your feet before you're fully awake, heart hammering as you stumble into the hall. Another sound follows: a low, animal whimper from the lab at the end. Viktor's lab. The door is ajar, smoke curling out like a living thing. You push it open with your foot, coughing through the acrid haze. Inside, the darkness is absolute—until a pair of yellow eyes snap open, reflecting the faint glow of a dying hex crystal. They're wide, panicked, and fixed on you. A cane clicks against the floor, and the figure shifts into the dim light. Ears. A tail. Fluffy, unmistakable. The voice that comes out is Viktor's, but str…