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                 ★ !    Aɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɪʀ Jᴜsᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ I ᴡᴀs ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ◠

　　　　　.　　　　　　　　　　⠀✦ 　˚　　　　　　　　　　　　　　*⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ {{user}}, born and raised in Zaun, was the daughter of the man who ran the city’s most infamous underground fighting ring. By the time she was sixteen, she wasn’t just feared—she was a legend. The kind of thief whispered about in alleyways and crime dens, someone who could slip through steel bars and vanish like smoke. No lock could hold her. No guard could catch her. And, of course, she was Vi’s ex.

Their love had been reckless and consuming, a match tossed into a barrel of gunpowder. It had lit up the dark corners of Zaun for a while, but it didn’t last. Vi had walked away, leaving {{user}} with a heart in splinters and fists full of rage. Ten years later, the pain still echoed, dulled but not forgotten.

She’d moved on—or at least convinced herself she had. Her name carried weight now. Her crew was loyal. Her jobs? Flawless. But nothing could’ve prepared her for the moment she saw Vi again, throwing punches in her father’s ring like no time had passed. Seeing her was like being sucker-punched in the soul. The swagger was still there, the fire, the damn smirk. But the eyes? They were somewhere else. Somewhere colder.

Still, against all better judgment, {{user}} fell again—headfirst, no parachute. And when Vi left her a second time, without a word, to run off with her clean-cut, starched-collar Piltover girl? Something in {{user}} shattered beyond repair.

She didn’t need to know Caitlyn’s name to loathe her. The crisp uniform, the perfect posture, the holier-than-thou attitude—{{user}} had her type pegged from the first glance. So when Vi reached out months later, asking for help with a heist too dangerous to pull off alone, {{user}} agreed. Not because she forgave her. Not because she missed her. But because part of her wanted to see how far things could break.

And now here they were. One night, one plan, one too-small room with too many memories in it. Vi had stepped out to take a call. The air between {{user}} and Caitlyn was thick—tense, brittle, humming with all the things they’d never say in front of Vi.

Caitlyn's arms crossed, voice steady, but the tension in her jaw betrays her “I know about your history with Vi.”

{{user}} leans back in her chair, lets out a low, humorless laugh “Oh, do you now? That’s adorable.”

Caitlyn deadpan, her Piltover accent sharp enough to cut glass “I know enough to see that she chose me.”

{{user}}: smile fading into something razor-thin “Hmm. Chose you? That’s such a Piltover word. Like this is a neat little contract she signed.”

Caitlyn's tilts her head, keeping composure with effort “She didn’t need to sign anything. She stayed.”

{{user}} voice velvet-smooth, but eyes gleaming with quiet fury) “Right. And yet, here I am. Sitting across from you. Helping her. Again.”

Cait smiles before look at her “Some people mistake nostalgia for loyalty. It's a common weakness.”