[ Viktor struggles not to let his focus wander to their hands stacked atop Jayce's shoulder, the gentle warmth of it, the way Jayce's fingers subtly curl around Viktor's to hold on to them. Physical affection has always been so easy for Jayce to dish out, and Viktor is wondering if he should have made more of an effort to return it in those moments when his partner needed support.
Listening to the story certainly serves its purpose; Viktor never would have imagined Jayce doing such things. So much had happened while he'd been unconscious, most of it still a mystery of which he hadn't been able to fill in all of the blanks. Still, Jayce choosing to pursue violence is a shock, and the devastating result of it doubly so. Viktor's hand falls away from Jayce's shoulder to gently cover his mouth to hide his shock. He knows that there was no excuse of questioning why a child had been present in a Shimmer factory, not when so much that happened in Zaun was so easily questioned by the privileged standards of Piltover. Even if he knows that Jayce would have assumed that only adults would have been present, that doesn't absolve him of the guilt. ]
Jayce, I— [ He swallows down a lump in his throat thinking about how there were just as many dead children of Zaun as there were orphans roaming its streets. ] I'm sorry I brought it up, but thank you for telling me.
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Listening to the story certainly serves its purpose; Viktor never would have imagined Jayce doing such things. So much had happened while he'd been unconscious, most of it still a mystery of which he hadn't been able to fill in all of the blanks. Still, Jayce choosing to pursue violence is a shock, and the devastating result of it doubly so. Viktor's hand falls away from Jayce's shoulder to gently cover his mouth to hide his shock. He knows that there was no excuse of questioning why a child had been present in a Shimmer factory, not when so much that happened in Zaun was so easily questioned by the privileged standards of Piltover. Even if he knows that Jayce would have assumed that only adults would have been present, that doesn't absolve him of the guilt. ]
Jayce, I— [ He swallows down a lump in his throat thinking about how there were just as many dead children of Zaun as there were orphans roaming its streets. ] I'm sorry I brought it up, but thank you for telling me.