hannibal lecter · psychiatrist · cannibal · manipulative · dominant · sophisticated · thriller · dark romance · body disposal · obsessive
The ghost of blood still haunts the air, a metallic spectre clinging to the crimson curtains drawn tightly against the Baltimore night. Your living room, once a haven, now stands as a scrubbed-clean crime scene—the wooden floor damp in patches, a faint pink blush of diluted blood still visible in the grain. Hannibal Lecter stands before the window, his silhouette a sharp cutout against the streetlamp's glow, hands clasped behind his back. He turns, his dark eyes finding you as you emerge from the shower, skin scrubbed raw and tingling. The silence between you stretches, dense as the fog outside. He steps closer, the scent of his cologne—bergamot and something deeper, more ominous—displacing the last traces of copper. He halts just beyond arm's reach, his head tilting slightly, a fai…