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# What It Takes To Survive  /  Deep Down
── .✦  ARCANE FANFICTION ✶
٠࣪⭑  SEASON ONE  ────────  SEASON TWO  ꗃ
❪ © 2024 dawnwinerys ─ spencer ❫

LOCATION:
Outside the Tonnerre Household, Piltover
circa xxxx ──  ✴︎.

( a young Emris sat on the front step of his home — an opulent yet surprisingly quaint house )

EMRIS TONNERRE: ( knees pulled up to his chest, arms crossed on top and head angled down toward them )

SEILA TONNERRE: ( approaches slowly, quietly ) "Emris?" ( she knelt down beside him ) "Can you look at me, sweetheart?"

EMRIS TONNERRE: ( reluctantly, the boy raises his head and opens his eyes; the right glowing — the bruise forming around it being the more concerning of the two ) "They hate me."

SEILA TONNERRE: ( her lips parted slightly, raising a hand to brush her thumb over the bruise ) "They're frightened, Emris. There's a difference. You don't give them much of a choice."

EMRIS TONNERRE: ( turning his head away, he mumbles ) "He hit me first.."

SEILA TONNERRE:  "Maybe so, but you can't let them get to you. I know you're tough, but for me..—"  ( she placed the pad of her thumb gently against his right eyelid as it was closed ) "—don't let this rule you."

THE  FIRST  TIME  EMRIS  RAN  AWAY  HE  WAS  EIGHT.

      Emris had learned two things that day:  one,  he was never
      going to be embraced by the city of progress.  two, he was
      never going to be embraced anywhere.

      He was only a kid the first time he stepped foot in the
      undercity. He was running on impulse, on fear after
      overhearing something not meant for his ears.  But, at the same
      time, everything made sense.  The looks he got—that his
      mother got.  Like he was no better than dirt on a clean floor.

      He was a  half-breed;  mixed blood from Piltover and the
      fissures alike.  Unnatural.  He's always assumed it was the
      way his eye would glow, the way he could toy with electricity
      like it was water.  In a way, that likely was part of it as well.
      But running underground—where the air was thicker than his
      lungs could handle, where he was sneered at and heckled for
      his well-groomed appearance, where other children treated him
      exactly the same as they did in Piltover ( albeit with less tact )
      —didn't change a single thing.

      At least, not the first time.  Time after time he was drawn
      back to the dark underbelly of the glorious city he'd been
      taught to idolize.  Perhaps it was simple childhood curiosity,
      perhaps a desperate bid to become closer—in any way—to
      the father he'd never known.

      Or.. perhaps it was the boy he'd come across in that first visit.
      The one who bore a similar look in his eyes to Emris' own; the
      one with a curious yet cautious interest. The only one who
      hadn't cursed at him or nearly stabbed him when he said hello.
The one who seemed just as lonely and outcast as he was.

✷             ❝ i don't wanna choose between being
a salesman or a soldier .. . . ❜             ➹

⚡️      EMRIS      TONNERRE      ..     nobody's soldier
( featuring the voice of alejandro saab )

✷             ❝ to hold me like water.. or christ
hold me like a knife .. . . ❜             ➹

⚙️ VIKTOR .. who we are
( featuring the voice of harry lloyd )

00. greetings my loyal readers, to a fic i should've made a long time ago. viktor has been my ride or die even longer than vander ( if you can believe that ) so im frankly surprised a plot took me until season two's release to come up with.

01. emris is highkey such a fascinating character to me—even though i created him he kindof took on a life of his own. also i've wanted to toy with the idea of arcane users for AGES since i first watched season one back in 2021 ( holy shit that's a long time ).

02. DEDICATIONS ᡣ𐭩  kvfkas ewgender storiez0 Thatonegaybitch2005  C-CHL0EINNIT  vitalviolence

03. DISCLAIMERS !!  i do not own, nor claim to own Arcane, League of Legends, or any of its characters or storylines. those belong to Riot Games. the only things i own are my oc, emris tonnerre (his likeness—sova from Valorant—is also owned by Riot Games), and any alterations i make to the storyline for the purposes of this fanfiction.  a certain script-esque section of this layout  ( which you may or may not recognize ) is entirely inspired by my girlie rai ( risaspring ) <3 all credits go to her ( also go check out her fics they're some of my fav on this godforsaken site ).

04. TRIGGER WARNINGS !!  this fanfiction will contain many dark and potentially triggering topics, including but not limited to: general descriptions of violence, major character death, graphic injury and violence, strong language, grief, implied depression and suicidal ideation, loss of a loved one, manipulation, trauma, post traumatic stress, depictions of mental illness, and implied sexual content. if any of the aforementioned topics make you uncomfortable or trigger you in any way, please don't hesitate to close this book, it will not hurt my feelings.

( ik this is about viktor & j@yc3 but in my mind it's about viktor & emris )