"Yeah. Turns out, it really wasn't for me." Honestly, Jayce never thought it was. From the start he felt very strange about it. He liked the attention, he convinced himself that any ability to make change by new power was good, but it never fit him. He was pulled away from his work, from what he really saw as his dream and meaning for being. Jayce was attracted to elements of it, and he thought he could make a difference, but in essence, it never suited him. In a lot of ways, he wished it never happened. He can't go backwards.
"I know. It wasn't my first choice, but I didn't know how else to do it. In our negotiation, I planned on forcing him to destroy the rest of the Shimmer factories. I know it'll never be perfect, but it's been wrong for a long time, Piltover controlling them without caring about them." This war started long before either of them were born, and yet they were born into it, with privilege. But it still wasn't their mistake. It would only be their mistake if they let it continue on. That he was sure of.
He holds her in his hug, glad to have it. When he thought he'd never see her again, Jayce would put in his mind his memories of her, so he could find some comfort in there. Now he can have it for real. He's shared more of his real life with her here, because they both have the time.
"You're not wrong. I don't care about the spectacle. Just him." Jayce smiles faintly. He has to believe in the future. He has to believe that they can be everything they were supposed to be. He promised Viktor he'd live in the now with him, rather than off in the future, but he's going to allow himself this one fantasy. A ring on their finger, a promise on their lips.
"I have to go meet him at the workshop, want to keep me company?" On the walk at least.
Maybe we can wrap on this one since we have the newer one :)
"I know. It wasn't my first choice, but I didn't know how else to do it. In our negotiation, I planned on forcing him to destroy the rest of the Shimmer factories. I know it'll never be perfect, but it's been wrong for a long time, Piltover controlling them without caring about them." This war started long before either of them were born, and yet they were born into it, with privilege. But it still wasn't their mistake. It would only be their mistake if they let it continue on. That he was sure of.
He holds her in his hug, glad to have it. When he thought he'd never see her again, Jayce would put in his mind his memories of her, so he could find some comfort in there. Now he can have it for real. He's shared more of his real life with her here, because they both have the time.
"You're not wrong. I don't care about the spectacle. Just him." Jayce smiles faintly. He has to believe in the future. He has to believe that they can be everything they were supposed to be. He promised Viktor he'd live in the now with him, rather than off in the future, but he's going to allow himself this one fantasy. A ring on their finger, a promise on their lips.
"I have to go meet him at the workshop, want to keep me company?" On the walk at least.