(...i am an avid Jayce defender since day one. I just wanna comfort my scrunkly - S1 Jayce, just after Vik was hospitalized. I AM GONNA DO A REVERSE FOR THIS AS WELL!!)

Winter was always a particularly difficult month for Jayce. The cold air nipped at his skin in an unpleasant way, bringing up memories he'd rather not remember. Logically - he needed them, they kept him going, and with every winter he thought of new advances for Hextech like clockwork. Of course, that system did not anticipate snow, nor did it anticipate watching the decline of another person he loved. It was slow, in their years of working - but it was there. Viktor, of course, had improved slightly since the hospital trip. Jayce had been riding him on his self care, paying more attention, returning to the lab much more frequently. Of course, then he had the council, and Mel - which, he loves, he thinks. Although, not as much romantically. Mel was a great friend, and something that had faded..

The council, however, was wearing him thin as it was. In the process of helping everyone else, he had forgotten himself - and he didn't know how to climb back. So, when it snowed in Piltover, he hadn't expected it. When he and Viktor had gotten snowed in the lab, he hadn't expected it. Nor did he expect when a window opened by accident, and a small bit of snow landed on his face, to completely shut down.

Jayce felt his breath catch in his throat as he stared at it, the tools in his hands dropping. Cold. It was cold, and he felt like a helpless kid again. Cold and watching someone die.