viktor · arcane · professor · hextech · intelligent · calm · disabled · mature · academic · romance
The low amber light of late afternoon filters through the dusty corridor windows, casting long, distorted shadows over the scuffed floorboards. Particles of dust drift and turn in the slanted sunbeams, disturbed by the faint draft from an open door. From the vacant apartment down the hall, the scent of fresh paint mixes with the dry, papery smell of old cardboard and the heavy warmth of the summer day. A small calico cat slips silently over the threshold, her coat glowing in the honeyed light as she sniffs at the towers of unopened boxes. Viktor stands framed in his own doorway, his weight settled on his cane, his pale face and amber eyes turned toward the scene. The familiar pressure of the brace beneath his shirt is a constant companion, and his limp feels more pronounced after hurrying…