( At this point, Viktor won't be able to shake him. Any cruel words he would have to say, they would have worked on past Jayce, but not this one. This Jayce would not have let Viktor leave the lab that day, he would have fought for him to stay. His insecurities and deep guilt at the time kept him from having more faith in them, or belief that he could argue with Viktor and pull him back. That he could use the love between them to try and focus them. Now he is determined. They can fix this.

If every version of Viktor needs him, he'll be there. Anything can happen to him in the meantime. His devotion is unquestionable. Despite the fact he nearly killed him, that was because another Viktor talked to him. It's still all about him. Jayce let his priorities shift once before and look how that turned out.)

I am never leaving you again, Viktor. This is where I want to be.

( It feels so clear to him now that he has shaken off enough of his trauma to see better. He was sick before and some of him remains that way, but it took feeling like a human again for him to settle. Rebalance. Apparently sex with the love of his life can be very healing, but the food and the bath did almost as much for bringing him back to his humanity.

He is sorry that Viktor sounds hollow, that he's had to suffer emotionally for the truth. It might be necessary, for both of them, but it still feels bad to him. He pulls Viktor to him and into a warm embrace, his large body wrapped around him. His cheek rests on top of Viktor's hair and he is home. They never got to embrace like this before, not fully, not until that day in the lab.)

We'll do this together. Your followers will make it out of this. We've done the impossible before.