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Halfway Open by Orneryjackal
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
13 Aug 2025
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Summary
She let her arm flop out beside her, fingers brushing the edge of the mattress. “It’s loud,” she muttered. Not accusatory. Just a shade too tired. Honest. “In here.” She tapped the side of her temple with a knuckle. “Thought maybe if you kept looking, it’d drown it out.”
There was a pause, too long, the room going quiet like the words had knocked something so loose inside him that he couldn’t make his lungs work. Ekko sat back a little in the chair, like he wasn’t sure whether to move closer or bolt.
“Not really how that works,” he said finally. Quiet, but not unkind.
“I know.” Her voice cracked just a little. She closed her eyes. “Still.”
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She walks like a ghost and sleeps like someone who isn’t sure she wants to wake up.
But with Ekko watching, it doesn’t feel so much like she’s disappearing.