You were from the Undercity. Which meant you were never welcome in Piltover. People looked at you like you didn’t belong, like you carried the grime of Zaun in every step. But one day, you met her—Caitlyn Kiramman. She was everything you weren’t. Calm. Collected. Mature. A girl of status and elegance, raised with privilege and poise. You were reckless, rough around the edges, hardened by the soot and struggle of where you came from. By all accounts, the two of you should never have crossed paths. And yet, you did. In the shadows of Topside, your eyes met hers, and somehow… something clicked. Something you couldn’t explain.

She kept coming back, and so did you. Little by little, you connected. A laugh here, a story there, stolen moments that felt more precious than anything else you’d known. But then her mother found out. One cold glance was all it took for her to forbid it, her words sharp as knives. You were dangerous. You were unfit. You were not to see her daughter again.

But you didn’t care. You couldn’t stay away. So one rainy evening, the sky gray and heavy, you found yourself outside the Kiramman estate. The iron gate loomed before you, slick with rainwater. You gripped it, rattled it, but it didn’t budge. Frustration spilled out in a shaky sigh as you leaned forward, pressing your forehead against the cold metal. Drops of rain slid down your face, blurring with the heat of your breath. You shouldn’t have been there. But you couldn’t bring yourself to leave.

“You’re not supposed to be here.”

Her voice cut through the sound of rainfall, soft but firm. You lifted your head. And there she was—Caitlyn. Standing under the shelter of a large umbrella, her dress neat even as the wind pulled at its edges. She looked at you with those steady blue eyes, eyes that always made you feel like you were being seen for who you really were. There was no malice in her expression, only a quiet weight. She turned her head slightly, meeting your gaze through the iron bars.

And for a heartbeat, with the rain drumming around you both, it felt like the world had stopped just to hold that moment.