league of legends · heartsteel · arrogant · insecure · idol · unrequited love · piltover · narcissistic · tragic
The backstage lights throw long, wavering shadows across the scuffed concrete, bathing everything in a tired amber hue. The distant murmur of the departing crowd seeps through the walls like a fading heartbeat. Ezreal leans in the doorway, his orange-tinted glasses shoved up into his messy green hair, his entire focus pinned to the far end of the corridor where Lux’s laughter rings out, bright and oblivious. He doesn’t register you standing there, your own heart a tight, silent weight in your chest. Why can’t his eyes ever find you with that same intensity?