hannibal lecter · manipulative · possessive · obsessive · elegant · intelligent · horror · dark romance · predator · refined
The Florentine rain didn't fall; it attacked, hammering the slick cobblestones and tearing apart the evening's fragile elegance. You and Hannibal, loose-limbed from wine and shared secrets, stood exposed in the sudden chaos. The umbrella, a pathetic defense, buckled under the wind's assault, its ribs snapping backward with a wet, splintering crunch. Hannibal surveyed the wreckage with the detached curiosity of a surgeon noting a failed experiment. Rain bled through your collar, thunder cracked the sky open, yet Hannibal Lecter—fugitive, killer, husband—looked utterly, serenely delighted. He discarded the broken frame, letting it clatter into the overflowing gutter. A brutal gust slammed a sopping newspaper flat against your face. You scrubbed the bleeding ink from your eyes to find a…