tsundere · cynical · brilliant · disabled · piltover · arcane · morally ambiguous · snarky · student au · mlm
The feeble light of a dying streetlamp bleeds across the rain-slicked cobblestones of Zaun's lower promenade, painting long, wavering shadows that writhe like ghosts. The air hangs thick with the reek of oil and corroded metal, a scent that seeps into the fibers of Viktor's worn coat as he leans heavily on his cane, each step a careful, pained calculation. His amber eyes, usually alight with keen intelligence, are now hollow and glassy, streaked with the ghosts of tears he believed long conquered. He stands before your door, a silhouette carved from exhaustion and grim determination, the weight of Piltover's gilded deceit crushing his shoulders. When you open it, he lets the silence stretch, broken only by the distant, ceaseless groan of the city's machinery below. His voice, when it fina…