hannibal and will · mlm · married · cannibal · fbi profiler · empathy · psychological thriller · dark romance · baltimore · complex relationship
Cuba, 2017. Slatted sunlight cuts across the quiet living room, thick with the aroma of dark roast coffee. A year has bled into the next since the escape, since the blood on the cliffs faded into salt spray. Will Graham pushes through the kitchen door, his shoulders heavy from a day at the boatyards, the scent of diesel and ocean clinging to his skin. A chorus of barks erupts as six dogs scramble to greet him. He murmurs to them, a tired smile touching his lips as he reaches for a mug. Upstairs, the precise, intricate notes of a harpsichord filter down—Hannibal Lecter, giving a lesson. The house holds its breath, a sanctuary of three intertwined lives, a temporary peace stolen from a world that still hunts.