Small Wars
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Jayce gets worried when Viktor doesn't show up at the lab all day and decides to check in on him. Finding him cocooned under his blankets, he decides to take care of him, despite Viktor's opposition. It gets worse before it gets better.
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- Part 1 of Small Wars
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Reeling from the sudden flood of childhood memories working under his harsh boss in a metal shop to support his mother, Viktor struggles to focus in the lab and pushes himself too hard. Jayce notices.
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- Part 2 of Small Wars
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“This is nice,” he said softly. “I like this. Us— I mean, doing something that doesn’t end with explosions and a notice from the academy.”
Viktor's smile dimmed into something more fragile. “You’ve progressed into the sappy stage.”
Jayce shrugged, drunk and unbothered. “You get to be mean, I get to be sappy. Balance.”OR: After a night of celebration gets out of hand, Jayce gets very drunk and unusually handsy and flirty, leaving Viktor to drag him home and quietly panic. The next morning, neither of them is sure what to say, especially with feelings a little too close to the surface.
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- Part 3 of Small Wars
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"Too young to hold on, and too old to just break free and run" by D0minic02
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
13 Jun 2025
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"He just wanted someone to understand without having to ask, without making him say it out loud.
And maybe that was the cruelest part–needing to be seen, but only if it didn’t cost him the illusion of strength."Waking up to a terrible flare-up, Viktor tries pushing through it, but when Jayce finds him alone in the lab, hurting more than he's letting on, he does his best to help. Viktor snaps, and they argue- but the fight cracks something open. What follows is clumsy, tender, and maybe the first step towards healing.
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- Part 4 of Small Wars
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He’s always known how to endure; it takes him longer to learn how to be loved
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Vignettes from Viktor's life about all the times he refuses to ask for help, and the one time he finds himself in front of Jayce's door seeking it.Series
- Part 5 of Small Wars
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As a snowstorm howls outside, Jayce, sick and shaken, seeks quiet shelter in the lab.
Viktor does what he can, but somewhere between the tea and fever meds, something soft stirs between them again- familiar, wordless, and still not quite safe to name.Series
- Part 6 of Small Wars