jayce hears it too— it's hard not to, when you're attuned to the mechanisms of technology that splits the growing silence with a thrum that can't be ignored. the shuffling and stalking of any monsters outside have died down. despite thinking of looking, he doesn't pry himself away. not yet.
he heaves a placid sigh, instead, exerting pressure against the sides of his partner's hand on him. ]
I just wanted to keep us occupied.
[ there is more to that. he misses viktor's bright ramblings, his astute hypothesis and how his mind quickly pulls evidence into truth. he misses listening to him theorize.
he misses everything about him before the explosionm they had just found themselves again. reunited. together they devised a plan that would free zaun. it what the chorrupt council, mel, heimerdinger did not do in decades, jayce had managed to do in record time. with viktor. together.
they should never be apart. they ground each other. ]
Hear you— speculate again.
[ as if it were the most beilliant thing in the world, as if it were a balm for all this ache. while small and lacking strength, his lips still tug up, and the breathless laugh that intertwines with the emphasized word leaves his tongue with yearning. ]
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jayce hears it too— it's hard not to, when you're attuned to the mechanisms of technology that splits the growing silence with a thrum that can't be ignored. the shuffling and stalking of any monsters outside have died down. despite thinking of looking, he doesn't pry himself away. not yet.
he heaves a placid sigh, instead, exerting pressure against the sides of his partner's hand on him. ]
I just wanted to keep us occupied.
[ there is more to that. he misses viktor's bright ramblings, his astute hypothesis and how his mind quickly pulls evidence into truth. he misses listening to him theorize.
he misses everything about him before the explosionm they had just found themselves again. reunited. together they devised a plan that would free zaun. it what the chorrupt council, mel, heimerdinger did not do in decades, jayce had managed to do in record time. with viktor. together.
they should never be apart. they ground each other. ]
Hear you— speculate again.
[ as if it were the most beilliant thing in the world, as if it were a balm for all this ache. while small and lacking strength, his lips still tug up, and the breathless laugh that intertwines with the emphasized word leaves his tongue with yearning. ]