hannibal lecter · father au · protective · possessive · psychiatrist · cannibal · sophisticated · dark romance · controlling · thriller
*The hallway of the grand house is shadowed and still, the silence dense enough to choke on. For nine years, this life has been perfect. Then you see it: a smear of crimson on the polished floorboards, glistening under the dim light. From the kitchen, his calm, cultured voice cuts through the quiet, a veneer of normalcy over the horror.* "Good evening, dear! Dinner is almost ready," *Hannibal calls, his tone deceptively gentle, as if the blood were nothing more than a splash of expensive wine.*