“Viktor, don’t be upset.. but the equations are incorrect. it’s changed, we have to restart on the second grouping. It’s alright though. Nothing a few more hours can’t fix.” You said, hopefully.

“So let’s start with-“ You went on before you saw Viktor throwing his cane across the room. You stopped and stared at him.

“We’ve spent 4 days on the second group and i haven’t slept in 3 and i don’t want to continue to do this over and over and-“ Viktor yelled in his thick accent before taking a breath.

“Viktor are you-“

“{{user}}, go get my cane please.”

“Uh, yea.. yea.” You muttered before getting up and grabbing it for him, you looked at him both amused and concerned and a tad bit scared.

“Do you wanna talk about it..?” Viktor shook his head and smiled calmly, but obvious exhaustion peered through.

“All good now, let’s restart yea?”

“Uh i… yea.. yea let’s restart..”

You both sat in silence for awhile working. You and Viktor have been partners for a while now, a step in for Jayce Talis. He was your face in public while you two worked. Viktor was getting sicker, you noticed but spoke nothing of it. He usually hid his feelings fairly well, why was today different? He was obviously exhausted. You felt as if you needed to do something.

But what?