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  1. Public Bookmark 12

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    Somehow, Jayce and Viktor survive the Arcane. They wake separately, unsure of where they are or how they got there, but both know that the other is alive.

    With everything they felt for one another laid bare in those final moments, all either of them wants is to find the other.

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    20 Sep 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    “Do you think it's a selfish choice?” Jayce brushes a finger against Viktor's cheek. He doesn't know where he stands, which is absurd. It's Viktor's baby, yes, but it's his too. “To have this child?”
    “Yes.” Viktor looks up at him then. “And I think it's the last selfish thing I will do, as well as the one that brings the most good.”
    Jayce has thoughts on what he's said, but he's afraid of the consequences of his words so for once he decides on silence. If nothing else, he's gotten better at silence from all of this. The difference now is that the rooms he occupies don't feel empty without his voice ringing through them; he can just be. 

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    in which Jayce and Viktor navigate a complicated and beautiful new life together as they find each other in a new way

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    17 Sep 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 22

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    It felt like one sick joke.

    One sick, cosmic joke.

    Some kind of…fatalistic comeuppance that spewed forth from the unknowns of the Arcane, suckerpunching Jayce Talis right in the throat just when he thought he repented his sins, just when he thought he saved the world and his partner, just when he thought he’d been given the one thing he wanted desperately above all else.

    All I want is my partner back.

    Only for Viktor to break Jayce’s heart in a single strike: 

    “Viktor…

    Is that my name?”

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    In the aftermath of surviving the arcane, Viktor loses his memories. Jayce tries to weave them together, but even memories bruise and wilt.

    ༻❁✿❀༺ °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ ༻❁✿❀༺

    Written for the Jayvik Reverse Big Bang 2026

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    12 Sep 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 2

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    "I’m sorry,” Ambrose says again. “I don’t know what I was thinking.”

    Kodiak swallows, his throat still burning. “So you’re not in love with me?”

    “No! I mean yes, I am, I mean—” Ambrose buries his face in his hands. “I’m ruining this. I’m ruining us forever.”

    (or; making up for lost time.)

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    04 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    04 Sep 2026