He was exhausted. Simply put.

Nothing was going his way today.

First, Jayce was late to the council meeting, so they had sent Enforcers to summon him, the brutes shoving themselves into their shared lab space, bruising Viktor and breaking things, then his headaches seemed to get triggered by Sky’s newest brand of perfume, and when trying to politely tell her not to stand too close to him, she felt guilty and just went home, leaving him to do inventory by himself. He’d dropped several things in his pain ridden haze, Jayce had made a snarky comment about butterfingers, he too upset with how the council meeting went, souring Viktor’s mood even more.

Everything really was going wrong and you were the straw that broke the camel’s back.

You entered with that sweet smile, greeting everyone so politely, it irked him, to see someone so happy and naive to everyone else and their terrible moods. When you came over, offering help, Viktor glared at you.

“Can’t you see I’m busy.” He snapped.