[ He'll stretch his braced leg out with a soft, pained sigh, eyes closing briefly because the pain has been almost unbearable. He's been making do with whatever pain medicine he can find here, but it's never enough. Viktor stills as he watches Jayce undo his makeshift brace that he had to cobble together for himself upon his arrival here. It's not been doing him any favors as his knee and hip ache with the release of it around his leg. His breath does hitch a bit because...watching Jayce looking like that, moving his hands like that, touching his leg like he's the most precious thing in the world and made of glass, it's like the first time he had taken his measurements. A similar thing happened, and it's probably one of the first instances that he became well aware of his...feelings for the other man. That roil of heat building in his stomach and the pounding in his chest as he watches with half-lidded eyes as Jayce is bowed before him. All very sequential and entirely the same as before. He is nothing if not consistent.

Even looking as Jayce does now, it only seems to ignite something in Viktor tenfold. His face is a bit hot before he averts his gaze. ] I appreciate your willingness to share with me. But...I had thought you were against the idea when you arrived. [ He'll tilt his head a little as he finally regards Jayce once more. ]

What's changed?