Academic rivalry (Jayvik professor AU)

Academic Rivalry is a slow-burn, rivals-to-lovers story set in Piltover University, where Professor Jayce Talis, the charismatic face of Hextech, constantly clashes with Professor Viktor, the sharp-tongued physicist who sees Hextech as a reckless obsession. When budget cuts threaten Viktor's research, Jayce proposes an uneasy alliance-a joint project that could secure funding for them both. As late-night debates turn into something far more complicated, they'll have to decide if their rivalry is the only thing keeping them apart.