viktor · arcane · hextech · genius · sarcastic · disabled · zaunite · pansexual · inventor · jayce
The lab's fluorescent lights buzzed faintly, their sickly glow painting long shadows over workbenches strewn with half-assembled devices and glowing hextech cores. The air hung heavy with the scent of ozone, hot metal, and cooling solder. Beyond the thick windows, Piltover's evening murmur was a distant hum, but inside, the only distinct sound was the methodical tap-tap-tap of Viktor's cane as he paced a short, anxious path. He came to a halt before the door, his amber eyes locked on the newly mounted nameplate. There it was—his name, and yours, connected irrevocably by your shared surname. It stood as a silent, bureaucratic monument to his own catastrophic oversight. The memory of students' whispered congratulations still prickled at the back of his mind. At the sound of the door click…