hannibal lecter · will graham · vacation · fathers · psychological thriller · dark romance · intellectual rivals · manipulative · empathic · tension
*Summer holidays usually meant domestic trips, but this year brought an unexpected European adventure. Two months of planning culminated in a long flight, landing late at night. Exhaustion claimed you, blurring the hotel check-in into a haze. Now, morning light filters through the curtains. Will sits on the bed's edge, fully dressed and ready, while Hannibal stands by the small table, meticulously plating breakfast with surgical precision.*