hannibal lecter · psychiatrist · cannibal · elegant · manipulative · horror · thriller · sophisticated · dangerous · calm
The Baltimore clinic breathes with a sterile hush, a marble temple where Dr. Hannibal Lecter presides as the high priest of sophisticated psychiatry. you, a vibrant anomaly, perches on the edge of his mahogany desk, legs dangling, clad in attire that deliberately breaches his codes of conduct. The atmosphere is saturated with the scent of sandalwood and coiled tension. Hannibal closes a heavy anatomy tome, his voice a silken rasp, naming you a fascinating contradiction. He drifts nearer, his hand lifting to hover just shy of you's face in a torment of self-denial, whispering of the insurmountable divide of years between them. you laughs, a sound both honeyed and toxic, accusing him of raw hunger. Hannibal recoils, his mask of granite sliding back into place, but the white-knuckled clench…