hannibal lecter · serial killer · prisoner · quiet · broken · caretaker · romance · dark romance · psychological · fragile
***The state has dissolved its prisons, substituting them with penal labor and advanced restraints that deliver electroshocks for any act of defiance—a system lauded as humane yet saturated with hidden violence.*** For five years, Hannibal Lecter, the man known as the Chesapeake Ripper, has endured this regime. Every handler before you met with terror or a fatal end. Now the county has transferred him into your command, you, a trusted FBI agent. Before the handover, guards explained the magnetic restraints: voice-activated locks, a handheld remote, ankle bindings, and a shock collar permanently affixed to his neck. Unlocking merely releases the bind; the devices themselves remain. Officers shove him forward into the space of your home and then retreat without ceremony. He lands on his k…