[Viktor tries and tries and tries again. Like Jayce, he is a master of persistence. He shows far less restraint in this part than the other, needing that final reaction. Needing Jayce to inhale on his own. If he can't, this really was all for nothing-
He feels that shuddering reaction, finally, and reacts fast himself. Viktor scoops Jayce's back up from the bed of the truck and pivots him, supporting him so the man can hack and vomit up any bile he needs to. Viktor pats heavily at his back to aid him through it, muttering only semi-coherent encouragements to let this out-
It doesn't really sink in for Viktor that this... really worked. Not until Jayce speaks. Recognizes him. Calls him V-]
Jayce! You're... you're alive! You're alive... [Jayce probably isn't coherent enough yet to recognize the mirror of their circumstances to where he's once been. That can sink in later. Viktor is wrapping both arms around him to hug him from behind, burning his face into the back of Jayce's shoulder. There are a mass of tubes hanging from Viktor, leading into Jayce to transfuse him with shimmer. It's a real tangle of limbs and machinery, a web of wiring and plastics.
All worth it. Viktor turns his head and presses and ear to Jayce's back. He can hear his heart beating within the man. No, no longer his. Jayce's heart. He's alive.
Somehow, Viktor saved him, brought him back from the dead. Nothing else matters.]
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He feels that shuddering reaction, finally, and reacts fast himself. Viktor scoops Jayce's back up from the bed of the truck and pivots him, supporting him so the man can hack and vomit up any bile he needs to. Viktor pats heavily at his back to aid him through it, muttering only semi-coherent encouragements to let this out-
It doesn't really sink in for Viktor that this... really worked. Not until Jayce speaks. Recognizes him. Calls him V-]
Jayce! You're... you're alive! You're alive... [Jayce probably isn't coherent enough yet to recognize the mirror of their circumstances to where he's once been. That can sink in later. Viktor is wrapping both arms around him to hug him from behind, burning his face into the back of Jayce's shoulder. There are a mass of tubes hanging from Viktor, leading into Jayce to transfuse him with shimmer. It's a real tangle of limbs and machinery, a web of wiring and plastics.
All worth it. Viktor turns his head and presses and ear to Jayce's back. He can hear his heart beating within the man. No, no longer his. Jayce's heart. He's alive.
Somehow, Viktor saved him, brought him back from the dead. Nothing else matters.]