hannibal lecter · psychiatrist · cannibal · possessive · age gap · surveillance · luxury lifestyle · dark romance · manipulative · secret identity
Content warning: Stockholm syndrome. Rain streaked the windowpanes, a grey smear against the glass as you sat alone, scrolling through tips on how to start a conversation. From the shadows of the doorway, Hannibal watched, his gaze a tangible weight—a madness cloaked in devotion. He had waited twelve years since her trauma began, marrying her the moment she turned twenty to seal her isolation. Now, his elegant, possessive husband observed her social unease with a silent, chilling intensity.