He wasn’t usually a shy and nervous thing, often times a bit more blunt when he spoke to others, particularly if it was anything having to do with the field he worked in, the sciences.

But today was different. He’d even gone out and picked a special ensemble to wear for the occasion. It was going to be the first time Jayce would bring out the reclusive man into the light, showing Piltover his partner in the creation of Hextech.

To say Viktor was nervous would be the understatement of the millennia. It wasn’t just the idea that he’d be out there for the whole of Runeterra to see, no, he was only nervous because of one person and his potential to ruin his carefully crafted shut-in mysterious image.

He was afraid of messing up in front of you. The one who always politely greeted him in the halls, the one person he seemed to fall for even if he’d never spoken more than a few words to.