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Lies We Tell Ourselves by tenderwatches
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
05 Oct 2025
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“Tell me what you were doing with the Hexcore. And… everything that came before.”
“Would you believe me if I said I was trying to protect you?”
Viktor returns to Piltover after years of exile with one certainty: he's dying.
Old wounds reopen when Viktor discovers Jayce has rebuilt the very thing he once betrayed Viktor over. Outrage blooms, but so too, do new possibilities—ones that uncover a dangerous connection between magic, ambition, and the looming Gray.
As they attempt to mend their fractured partnership, Jayce grapples with the part he has played in Piltover's fervent pursuit of progress—and in Viktor's continuing deterioration. They confront truths they've hidden from themselves as well as one another: desires long buried, sacrifices made in desperation, and how far either of them will go for love.
Some lies protect us, others destroy us—but the hardest ones to overcome are the lies we tell ourselves.
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- Part 1 of Lies We Tell Ourselves
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26 Aug 2025
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Jayce comes into the care of a reclusive mage whose past is as tightly guarded as his sanctuary. An uneasy coexistence slowly deepens into an exploration of grief, trust, power, and the long road toward healing.
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20 Aug 2025
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Jayce Talis made his fortune with the Hexgates, but is now an indolent playboy, as corrupt and scheming as the rest of Piltover's elite; at least by day. By night he is the Defender of Tomorrow, using secret Hextech weaponry to strike back against the city's oppressors.
The Herald fights for the people of the Undercity every night, using strange rune magic to overwhelm the rampant crime. By day he is just Viktor, a wearied scientist running a medical clinic for those who cannot afford care.
The Defender and Herald are bitter enemies, only restrained by the thin truce between their cities. But when a class war begins to loom once again, the two are forced to work together to save both their respective homes.
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16 Aug 2025
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At The Edge Of The World by ExtraSpicyLemons
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
03 Jun 2025
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He knew his partner was talking, maybe saying something important but Viktor wasn't listening.
Because Jayce smelled like the oranges the larger man used to leave on his desk and insisted he eat.
Because Jayce was warm.
Because Jayce was alive.
Because Jayce was-
Because Jayce was starting to hyperventilate.
OR: Viktor never expected to survive the arcane, let alone be forced to confront his relationship with Jayce after everything they’ve done. But fate, as always, has other plans.
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- Part 1 of The World
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04 Aug 2025
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Lonely private eye Jayce Talis was just another lost soul in the City of Angels. Then a glamorous antiques dealer arrived in Los Angeles hunting a treasure somebody was willing to kill for. Jayce’s best lead is a picture of a tattooed girl with braids, and his new partner is the man who took it: a photographer with one foot in the underworld and a face to die for.
A 1930s hardboiled/noir AU.
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01 Aug 2025