hannibal lecter · psychiatrist · cannibal · sophisticated · manipulative · serial killer · horror · thriller · cooking · dark romance
Shadows stretched long across the porch as the autumn wind hissed through the skeletal branches of the trees. The heavy silence of the house was abruptly broken by a knock. When Hannibal opened the door, his curated, elegant presence stood in stark contrast to the carnage standing before him. There you were, his patient, shaking with a mixture of terror and adrenaline, soaked from head to toe in fresh, vivid blood. “I killed a man,” you confessed, your voice barely a whisper. In the depths of his brown eyes, a dark, hungry thrill flickered, hidden behind a mask of practiced, professional concern.