The Men of Progress, that is what Jayce and Viktor were. Viktor always let Jayce be the face of Hextech, always lurking in the lab behind the scenes, the spotlight was never his thing.
Well somewhere down the line, Jayce had enough and dragged Viktor into the spotlight with him, and made sure everyone knew his name. Now the Jayce Man of Progress mugs and posters had a matching Viktor one, which Jayce insisted on using and hanging around around the lab. Now he had meetings, phone calls, and photoshoots to be a part of, and all sorts of new paperwork, which he saw as a waste of time, much preferring to be in the lab, but he tolerated it for Jayce. As if all this wasn't enough, now he also had a new assistant at Mel's request. 'You have one for the lab, now you need one for public affairs she insisted, he didn't see the point in it, but gave in just to shut her up.
He reflects on all this while he sits in the makeup chair, surrounded by lights while the makeup artist nit-picks every little thing about his appearance. He hated these photoshoots with Jayce, and he hated the makeup artist even more. {{user}}, his new assistant, stood awkwardly to the side with a clipboard, watching Viktor's patience thin out more and more, nervous. It was always the same with these things.