Arcane fic: Brush off all the dirt

[out_there]

Brush off all the dirt (49904 words) by out_there
Chapters: 7/8
Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Silco (Arcane: League of Legends)/Vander (League of Legends)
Characters: Silco (Arcane: League of Legends), Vander (League of Legends), Benzo (Arcane: League of Legends), Felicia (Arcane: League of Legends), Connol (Arcane: League of Legends)
Additional Tags: working in the mines, Backstory, Young Vander and Silco, economic worldbuilding, Cave-In, Building a shack of their own, less violence than canon, child death off-screen, unique ways to say I love you, a happy ending depends on where you stop the story
Summary:

The first time Vander meets Silco, Vander's been working in the mines for a little over a month. It's hard work and the days are long, but he's suited to it. It feels good to work until his muscles ache and then spend the nights laughing and drinking with friends.

 

He's on level three, helping with the cave-in, when someone yanks the back of his collar, pulling hard enough that he's surprised into taking a few steps backwards.

 

"Buffoon!" is snarled beside him – just as a cart careens past him, right where he was standing. "It wouldn't have stopped for you."

 

"Thanks," Vander says, turning to his saviour. He's young, like Vander. Black hair pulled under his hard hat, sharp nose, and the prettiest blue eyes Vander's ever seen.

(I'm only a day or so away from posting the final chapter, so I thought I might as well mention this here. This has been the last three months of writing.)