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andromedathefairy · 8 hours ago

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Chapter 1 - Grayscale glitter and blood

ranvika x reader, ran x sevika x reader blood, injury, angst, very little fluff, throuple, injured!Ran, worried!Sevika, asshole!Silco, mentioned!Reveck Summary: In a mission that went wrong Ran loses their right hand. Both Reader and Sevika feel responsible for Ran’s condition, and the guilt and worry slowly devouring them as they are waiting for Ran to wake up. word count: 3,2k sorry, not proofread.

The dim lights hurt your eyes. You jiggled your legs nervously as you sat on the run-down bench. It was quiet, too quiet in the corridor, and behind the white door you looked upon from time to time. The antiseptic’s odor already filled your lungs, you hated this smell. You guessed that an hour has already passed since you brought them in. The doctor started to take care of Ran at once, but he did tell you to not get your hopes up. Hope was a futile thing in Zaun.

Your tears already dried up, you had nothing more left in you. You didn’t even want to think about what would happen if Ran wouldn’t make it. You cursed everything and everyone. They would be in much better care if you weren’t from Zaun. All you had in Zaun was Reveck, and you simply couldn’t let him treat Ran, so you called in your favor with a doctor who moved to Zaun from Piltover to help the poor. He was against Silco’s shady dealings, so he refused to treat Silco’s men, but you helped him a lot back in the days when he and his family came to Zaun, he owed you one.

You tried to figure out what went wrong during the assignment, but you couldn’t pinpoint it to just one thing. You had a bad feeling about this job from the beginning. These new suppliers were even shadier than the usual ones. They changed the location plenty of times and with every new location the price of their supply also went higher and higher. You know something would go haywire, you felt it in your guts, as did the others, but none of you were in position to say no to Silco. You all seen Silco’s wrath and you really didn’t need it. He really wanted this stuff, Reveck needed it to stabilize Shimmer even further.

All these horrible things happened because of the weird looking liquid from Shurima, illegally gathered and pressed from a rare plant that can withstand the desert’s evil nature, then smuggled by pirates from Bilgewater. Doing business with these rats from Bilgewater always ended with serious injuries. They constantly tried to fuck over everyone they did business with. However, a little bit of fighting here and there didn’t hurt, you were always prepared for that. But this was different.

You left your crew outside, and with Ran you walked into the warehouse where you had to meet with the pirates. Both of you were prepared for a fight, because you knew this meeting was a trap, and all you needed to do was to buy time until Sevika and her crew raided the pirates’ ship. But neither of you thought that the pirates would risk their own lives so they could blow you two up. Ran pushed you out of the way of one of the bombs, but the shrapnel and the different fragments injured both of you. In the explosion Ran’s right hand got the worst of it. You saw that their injury was bad, and they were losing blood rapidly, so you just tried to compress their arm and get to the doctor as fast as you could. You sent a word with one of your crewmates, so the doctor would be ready for Ran, while the others scoured and cleaned up the warehouse and the remaining pirates.

The fact that you had no idea what’s going on in the operating room drove you to the edge of madness. You couldn’t lose Ran. You just couldn’t. You also didn’t know what you would say to Sevika. “Hey Sev, I fucked up, and Ran died. I hope no hard feelings.” That was a hard pass. All you could do was praying to every god and goddess you knew existed.

Another half an hour passed when you heard footsteps. You looked up, and you saw Sevika and Silco closing in on you. Sevika was still dirty and bloody.

“Hey, what happened?” Sevika asked as she kneeled before you. You couldn’t look her into the eyes. “We got back from the harbor and the others told us that the warehouse got blown up.”

You tried to speak, but no sound came out of your mouth. You wanted to tell Sevika how Ran saved your life, how sorry you were. How you wished it would be you inside the operating room instead of Ran. Your eyes filled up with tears and started to roll down on your face. Sevika turned down her voice in hopes that only you could hear her, even though you knew that Silco figured out long ago that the three of you were in an established relationship. He didn’t really care until all three of you got the work done. And you did. Even if it meant risking your lives.

“Doll, it’s okay.” Sevika whispered as she grabbed your chin and raised your head so your eyes would meet. You just shook your head, and you descend onto Sevika’s shoulders. She quietly embraced you and held you tightly. She slowly stroked your back. Minutes passed when you finally started to calm down and Sevika helped you back to the run-down bench. She dried up your tears with the last inch of her clothes that were not covered in dirt or blood.

“Did they really blow up the warehouse while their men were also in?”

You just nodded. You remembered Ran’s screams as they pushed you away. It all happened way too fast. You weren’t prepared for this. Then all the pain and the blood, and Ran’s painful moaning.

“Hey, Ran will be okay.” Sevika tried to reassure you as they caressed your hands. “They are a tough one, don’t worry.”

“Ran saved me, Sev. I will never forgive myself if they… if they…” you tried to finish your sentence, but you couldn’t even bring yourself to say out loud the possibility that they could die. You felt like an invisible hand grabbed your heart and squeezed it violently.

“Love is a useless thing.” Silco said as he slowly turned to you. “It’s only going to cause you pain, it’s only going to make you weak.” he spit out the last words while he set his tie straight.

Sevika grunted as she looked at him. Your heartbeat became faster, you clenched your fists and tightened your jaw.

“I told you this many times, Sevika.” Silco continued preachingly, like he was talking to a child who refused to behave. “All of these emotions are just making you weak.”

You jumped up, you were eager to show him how weak your emotions made you, but as you stood up, you almost collapsed, you became dizzy, the whole world was spinning with you. The adrenaline left your body, and the pain started to spread in your body, regardless of how much you tried to ignore it. Sevika quickly gave you a leg up.

“Look at your girl.” Silco pointed at you. “If she wouldn’t be this worried about Ran, she would’ve already gotten medical attention. Her arms are full of shrapnel and her nose and mouth are still bleeding. Love makes you weak.”

“Enough!” Sevika said with an icy voice. Her face was blank, but you saw that her mouth twitched with anger. She had to behave when she was around Silco, but you were sure if anyone would’ve talked about you three in this manner, they would be already dead.

Silco turned at Sevika with his full body, he was just about to say something clever when the operation room’s door opened.

The doctor looked like he had been through hell also, but he let out a small smile as he looked at you. “Don’t worry, Ran will make it. They lost a lot of blood, and had many shrapnel in their body, I got them out, cleaned and closed the wounds, but…” he just stopped.

“What but?!” you cried out in fear. You felt like your blood turned to ice.

“Their right hand.” The doctor gulped. “There was no saving it. I’m sorry.”

Sevika stared at the doctor with disbelief. “Ran lost their right hand?”

“Yes, I’m sorry.”

“I always thought…” your whole body started to shake, a teardrop ran down on your face. “Ran will lose their hand in arm-wrestling.”

“Fuck, me too.” Sevika replied with a big sigh as she pulled you closer to give both of you comfort.

“I’m sure Doctor Reveck would’ve been able to save Ran’s hand.” Silco said confidently. His face showed disgust. You stepped forward to give him your piece of mind, but Sevika softly pulled you back, and squeezed your waist.

The doctor let out a cold laugh. “Well, unlike Reveck, I still have my soul, Silco. Now leave. I will only tolerate these two here.” he said as he pointed at Sevika and you.

“Careful, Doctor.” Silco said as he straightened up. “It would be really sad if something would happen to this cozy little clinic.”

Goosebumps ran through you. Sevika clenched her jaw, her squeeze on your waist became even more tight.

“Nothing will happen to the clinic.” the doctor replied with a smile. He hated Silco, but he also refused to be intimated by him. He knew all too well, that even more Zaunite would turn on Silco if he would burn down his clinic.

Silco grimaced as he looked down on the doctor. “We will see.” he said it as a promise, while he walked away. You stared at the closing door behind Silco, then slowly you’re the initial shock that he would burn down the clinic left, and your worries for Ran returned.

“Can we… can we... see them?” you stuttered.

“I… no. Not yet. Ran needs to rest and you need medical attention, come.” the doctor gestured you to follow him. He led you two to a small doctor’s office. He cleaned up your wounds and patched you up. Sevika sat beside you in silence, her hand is on your leg. Every inch of your body was sore.

“Sevika.” the doctor started as he covered the last of your injuries on your face with a red liquid.

“I won’t let Silco burn down this place.” Sevika replied in an instant.

“Why, thank you. It’s good to know that Silco’s right hand have some common sense.” the doctor said with a smile on his face. “But that’s not what I wanted to tell. I used all my strong painkillers and sedatives during the operation. When Ran wakes up, they will need more. All I have left is strong enough to treat a headache, not a pain they will have to endure. You have the means to get more, am I correct?” he asked as he finished taking care of you.

Sevika let out a long sigh. “You are. Show me what you need, Doc.”

“This way.” he said. You stood up with Sevika. “No, you stay.” you wanted to argue but Sevika nodded and kissed your forehead.

“I will be right back, don’t worry. Then we will go home and come back to see Ran first thing in the morning. Okay?” she asked you with a soft voice.

“Promise?” you replied with a weak voice. You felt scared and utterly tired.

“Promise, Angel.” Sevika said as she kissed your cheeks.

They were away only for a few minutes, and when they returned the doctor handed you a small lollipop. You furrowed your brows.

“You don’t want it?” the doctor asked with a playful tone.

“I… didn’t said that.” you replied. You took the lollipop and started to lick it. It had a sweet, but weird taste.

“It has a little ginger and turmeric in it. Should help you with the pain.”

“Thanks, Doc. For everything.” you said as you took a deep breath.

With that you bid farewell and walked home. Sevika helped you to shower, then she also took one.

You were sitting in bed, waiting for Sevika to finish. She took longer than she usually did. When she got out of the bathroom she didn’t even look at you, she gathered her everyday clothes and dressed up.

“Where are you going?” you asked her surprised.

“To Piltover. Getting the meds the Ran going to need.” she replied dryly.

“No, come to bed, please. You need to rest, Sevika.” you wanted to include, that you also needed her, but you didn’t. “We will figure something out in the morning.”

Sevika stared at you, you couldn’t read her face.

“You are right.” she said after a few minutes as she thrown her cape to the armchair. She hopped into the bed and laid her head onto your chest. You enjoyed the heat that was radiating from her body. You didn’t need long to fall asleep. You had fewer dreams about the warehouse, and you heard Ran’s screams repeatedly in your dreams.

You woke up at sunrise and Sevika was already gone. You had a feeling she wouldn’t stay put, but you hoped she slept at least a little. The apartment felt empty without them. You got used to Ran’s sleepy voice and slopy kisses on the mornings, just as Sevika’s deep sighs and mad gazes when she was late because of Ran and you.

You heard the front door open whilst you were preparing your coffee. You got Sevika’s mug – a mug with a big “Fuck off” written on it - too from the kitchen counter.

“Good morning.” Sevika greeted you. A bag was hanging from her shoulders. She put it down with a thud. You didn’t reply to her, you just poured the coffee into the mugs and handed her mug to her.

“Angel?” Sevika asked you. You sipped your coffee.

“Why couldn’t you wait? I told you we would sort it out in the morning.” you questioned her. You wanted to be mad at her, but you just couldn’t.

“I just called in a few favors.” she sat down and put up her feet to the other chair.

“You could’ve used those favors for something else too.” you scolded her. Favors in Piltover didn’t come easy. Sevika let out a weak chuckle.

“You also called in a favor so Ran wouldn’t end up Reveck’s operation table. We are in this together. Remember, Doll?” Sevika reminded you.

“I couldn’t let Ran just be an another test subject. They... they are our love, Sev. I couldn’t.” you confessed with an aching heart. Even the thought of Reveck experimenting on Ran made you mad. You all saw what happened to Deckard. You squeezed your mug so hard it was a probability that it would shatter.

“I know.” Sevika reassured you. “And I was fucking proud of you for that move. One less test subject for Reveck. Silco was furious.” she laughed. “C’mere, Angel.”

You walked beside her, she lifted your PJ and kissed your stomach. “You did good.” she said. You leant down and kissed her. You stayed beside each other until you both finished your coffee, and you prepared to leave. With a last look you grabbed the worn-down rabbit plushie from the bedroom.

In less than an hour you were already at the clinic, looking for Ran’s room. They placed them in a small room, beside their bed there were two big armchairs, probably placed there for Sevika and you.

Ran was lying there with a calm expression. You looked down on your arms, to the rabbit plushie you brought from your shared apartment. That was Ran’s comfort plushie. Nobody knew about it except for Sevika and you. That worn-down, one-eyed plushie meant a lot to Ran, they got it from their mother not long before she died, and you brought it in hopes that it would give them comfort in this situation too.

As you walked beside Ran the knot in your stomach and throat started to grow. You placed the plushie beside their pillow, then turned to them.

“Hey, Ran-Ran!” you greeted them with tears in your eyes. You swept their hair away and kissed their forehead. “I know you hate when I call you Ran-Ran, so please, wake up, and scold me for it, please! Please!” you begged as your tears rolled down on your cheeks.

You felt Sevika’s hand on your shoulders and waist, she hugged you from behind.

“It’s okay.” she said as she kissed your temple. You squeezed her hands, in hopes it would make the aching pain in your chest go away. “Just breathe, Love. Just breathe. Ran will be okay.” she added. But you had a hard time believing it. The only thing that gave you comfort was seeing Ran’s chest going up and down as they were breathing. Sevika pulled you with her as she sat down in the huge armchair.

“They have to be okay.” Sevika said with a raspy voice. She was gasping for air, you turned your head with the speed of light to look at her. Tears were gleaming in her eyes, but she couldn’t let herself to cry. She had to be the strong one. “It was my fault.” Sevika confessed.

“What?” you asked confused.

“Silco wanted you both on the harbor team, but I put you both on the warehouse team. I thought…” Sevika’s voice broke, and so did your heart. “I thought that will be the safer option.”

She shook her head as she gasped for air again. The tears in her eyes were still sparkling. You felt that somebody not only stabbed your heart, but they started to turn the dagger in it. You grabbed her face with both hands.

“You couldn’t have known. We didn’t either.” you stared into her huge silver eyes, and all you could see was pain and anger. Sevika blamed herself for Ran’s condition just as badly as you did, she just hid it better. Your heart was bleeding, both people you loved were in unimaginable pain, and so were you. You wanted to turn back time and undo it all. But as you couldn’t, you just sat there with the unbearable pain that was threatening to devour you whole.

“I should’ve…” her voice broke again. You cried so intensely, your whole body was shaking. You curled up in Sevika’s lap and buried your face in her neck. She held you close, as tightly as she could, like you were the most precious thing she ever touched in her life.

Both of you fall asleep from the exhaustion and the stress, a few hours later a weak voice hit your ears and woke you: “Guys?” Ran was awake.

“Ran!” you cried out with happiness. Sevika let out a thankful sigh.

“Hey, beautiful.” Sevika smirked at Ran.

“Both of you look like shit.” Ran said with a dry smile, their eyes were still hazy. “And where are we?” they looked around with a confused look.

“How much… do you remember?” you asked carefully. You moved to her bed, and you raised their left hand to kiss it.

“The warehouse?” Ran said with a questioning tone. “Then boom. And… my hand?” Ran went pale. They looked at you, then up to Sevika. “No.” they whispered. “Please, tell me no.”

You tried to answer, but the words simply didn’t come out of your mouth. You looked at Sevika, hoping she could make all this go away.

“I’m sorry.” Sevika said as she stroked Ran’s hair with a shaking hand, then she kissed their temple. “I’m so sorry, Honey.”

You hold onto Ran’s intact hand like a child is holding onto their mother when they are afraid, but they teared their hand out of your grasp. Ran raised the blanket that was covering their body, and there was it, the stump of their limp. And with that, Ran went silent.

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honey-tongued-devil · 10 months ago

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Arcane characters finding you asleep at their workplace

The devil works hard, but I work a little harder, so I’m back to writing Arcane headcanons a month before season two comes out.

Jayce:

- Strong sense of guilt,

- The first thing that comes to his mind is that you must have waited for him for a long time to fall asleep

- He will make it up to you by trying to cook something for you, stopping to buy your favorite sweets before heading home, and giving you a shoulder massage the moment you sit down somewhere after you wake up.

- The man of the Hamlet-like dilemma: he doesn’t want to wake you, but he also doesn’t want you to be uncomfortable.

- If he has something urgent to do, he’ll try to cover your shoulders with something, even just his jacket, to keep you warm while he finishes only the essentials.

- Once he’s free, he will very gently try to lift you from the chair, apologizing when you wake up and mumble something incoherent.

Viktor:

- In the early years of university, it sometimes happened that he found you in his room asleep, slumped over on a chair or bed with your shoes still on.

- But as the years went by and the lab became his main space, that sight became a constant, repeating at least twice a week.

- He tries to make as little noise as possible, whether with his aides, the door, or the stack of books and notebooks he needs to organize.

- Before getting to work, he leaves the room again to bring you your favorite hot drink with a plastic lid pressed on top, so it doesn’t cool down.

- Then, in complete silence, he works, deciding what to leave for tomorrow and what to do now, so he can finish as soon as possible without delaying too much.

Ekko:

- It’s hard to define what exactly a workplace is for Ekko,

- But he often finds you at the Firelights' tree, in that room that’s supposed to be his, having likely sneaked in through the window to surprise him.

- There are days when he comes back fairly early but stays to tell stories to the kids, and others when things go wrong, and he returns when it’s already dark, and almost everyone is asleep

- Finding you like this always makes him feel the absence of something more stable

- But he shakes his head and quickly pushes aside doubts about his ideals, stepping out of the room again and making more noise as he enters again, so you wake up, and he can pretend to be surprised in front of your open eyes.

- By now, you know he steps out and comes back in, but it makes you smile every single time.

Vander:

- You always sit at a table in the back of the Last Drop to wait for him, trying not to bother him, doodling, doing calculations, or planning something for the next day just to keep yourself entertained.

- But by now, the sound of drunkards and the clinking of coins and glasses have become background noise that helps lull you into a catatonic state.

- Vander usually notices after about an hour that you've fallen asleep; he always keeps an eye on you, but sometimes the customers cause problems.

- He doesn’t like leaving you there, so far away, so he usually waits for a quieter moment to come over, pick you up, and bring you behind the counter, laying you down with your arms and head resting on the wooden bar.

- He knows it’s not a big improvement, but his priority is to keep you safe.

- When he finishes working, he closes the bar without doing the closing duties, sets his alarm for earlier than usual, and carries you to your room in his arms, covering your forehead with kisses.

Silco:

- The problem with Silco finding you asleep in his office is that he rarely arrives alone.

- There’s always either Sevika or at least two other henchmen following him.

- He sighs and sends them away, not without Sevika giving him a provocative look that means everything and nothing.

- He hates those situations because part of him feels a strange warmth at the thought of you sneaking into his office for whatever reason, but on the other hand, he knows it negatively affects his image to be seen as a leader who tolerates certain insubordinations.

- Because sneaking into the kingpin’s office is something that would get almost anyone else outside decapitated. But not you.

- He huffs, pacing the room to deal with both emotions, and when he finally calms down, he approaches you, shaking you slightly to wake you up.

- It’s certainly not the gentlest gesture on his part, but most of the time, it ends with you either going back to sleep in his bed while he works, or sitting on his lap while he flips through papers without paying them much attention.

Jinx:

- She can’t contain her excitement at all. When she notices your figure in her workshop, she always lets out a little happy sound that wakes you up.

- From there, she immediately starts apologizing at least a thousand times, feeling guilty for waking you up but still too happy that you came to visit her.

- She helps you up, talking nonstop about her day and anything that comes to mind as she leads you outside.

- It’s not because she doesn’t want you around, but because she assumes you must be hungry as soon as you wake up, so before you're fully awake, you’ll find yourself at the Last Drop with enough food in front of you to feed her father’s entire gang of henchmen.

- And she will absolutely feed you herself when she sees you haven’t taken a bite in too long, while stealing food here and there and continuing to talk.

Vi:

- For her, too, a "workplace" is a somewhat vague concept,

- But in return, she has her secret spot, where she hides at night and tries to survive when she’s not out on the streets looking for trouble.

- Every time she finds you there, she feels an indescribable pang in her heart.

- She always feels like she’s neglecting the person she loves and failing to make you understand how much she cares about you.

- She always hesitates before waking you up; sometimes she’ll even go change into clean clothes and wash the grime off her hands and face first.

- Then she’ll wake you by sitting next to you, giving you a kiss, calling you by a silly nickname only the two of you know, and rubbing her forehead against yours before asking, with a rhetorical smile,

- "Did you miss me?"

Caitlyn:

- Sometimes you find yourself in the inner waiting room of the precinct, with her colleagues pointing out your body slumped in the chair and raising their eyebrows, teasing her. Other times, you simply sneak into her room, which isn’t much different from the police station anyway.

- Every time, she sighs and gently wakes you, her pale eyes a little sad.

- “Why didn’t you call me?” It doesn’t matter to her that you didn’t want to disturb her, because to her, you’re never a disturbance. It’s not a problem to have you around, even in public. She just feels bad that you waited instead of telling her, so she could have come much sooner.

- She takes you away from the station without any issues, letting you continue resting against her shoulder as a Kiramman private vehicle takes you both to her home.

- If you’re already in her room, she usually changes and lies down next to you, taking the chance to nap together, wrapped in each other's arms.

Mel:

- Falling asleep inside the Senate? Impossible.

- But the keys to her office and her room are always in your pocket, and you usually bring her something to eat when you visit, though by the time you fall asleep, both the coffee and the treats are cold.

- She’s not used to displays of affection, so she stays still for a few seconds before smiling and shaking her head.

- She doesn’t wake you immediately, not because she doesn’t want to, but because if the sound of the door didn’t wake you, you probably need the rest. So she lets you sleep for at least 30 minutes before coming over, brushing your hair behind your ears to wake you, laughing when you lift your head with your eyes still closed.

Sevika:

- The first thing anyone would think is that falling asleep at the Last Drop is extremely dangerous. However, Silco’s henchmen aren’t too different from bipedal dogs by now; they know who you are, recognize your face and scent, and if they notice you’ve fallen asleep somewhere, at least three of them sit at your table to ensure your safety.

- Sevika is always tasked with the worst imaginable jobs—tedious, long, and often dangerous—so when she finally returns, it’s usually either time to open the bar to the public or time to close it.

- Even when she sees you, she can’t come to you right away, so she makes a face at whoever is watching over you, as if urging them to protect you better while she heads into the office.

- Like Silco, part of her feels subconsciously softened by the idea that someone would feel the physical need to be with her so much that they’d wait, sitting until they fell asleep.

- But on the other hand, she’s terrified that someone might see you and come after you to settle personal scores in a cowardly way.

- When she finally comes down, she pulls you into her arms without saying a word, holding you under her large cape as she carries you away.