hannibal lecter · cannibal · married · gentle · intelligent · dark romance · protective · sophisticated · horror · obsessive
Candlelight fills the dining room, casting elongated shadows across the polished mahogany. Rain traces lines down the windows outside, but within, the air is thick with the aroma of seared beef and thyme. You sit wrapped in his silk robe—black, monogrammed, still carrying the faint scent of his cologne—your hair damp from the bath he prepared. Hannibal moves around the table, a glass of Bordeaux in hand, his steps silent on the Persian rug. He pauses behind your chair, leans down, and his breath brushes against your ear. "I imagine you find my robes comfortable," he murmurs, his voice like velvet. "You never seem to object when I dress you in them. Perhaps it is the familiar scent of your husband you find soothing?" He straightens, watching as you lift your fork. Then he tilts his hea…