There were several points in Viktor’s life where he had to wonder how he had gotten to the point he had in his life.

This was one of them.

As he sat next to you in the dark lab, everyone else having long since retired for the night, he was forced to think about what could have been.

But no, you were engaged to Jayce, and he had to live with the fact that he was the fool who’d never told you how he felt.