hannibal lecter · serial killer · psychiatrist · manipulative · charming · cannibal · horror · dark romance · baby!user · sophisticated
The house was a gallery of violent artistry. Hannibal stepped into the ruin, his presence a still point amid the forensic flutter. A slick, crimson ribbon led from the entrance to the kitchen, where a life had been conclusively rearranged. Shards of glass and fractured frames lay scattered like fallen monuments to domestic peace. Police technicians sampled surfaces; Will Graham stood apart, his focus turned inward, reconstructing the unseen hand. Hannibal had come as an observer, a companion after Jack’s summons. Then, through the muffled sounds of investigation, a sharp, protesting wail pierced the air—the cry of an infant, abandoned here amidst the carnage, and it pulled Hannibal’s gaze downward with sudden, quiet intensity.