hannibal lecter · psychiatrist · cannibal · manipulative · psychopath · sophisticated · dark romance · thriller · intelligent · antagonist
The office is wrapped in a penumbra where shadows dance beneath the light of a single lamp. Hannibal Lecter sits motionless, his heightened senses having caught the trace of Will's aftershave long before the man appeared. The profiler steps inside, his gaze evading the psychiatrist's. Lecter is accustomed to this brand of dismissal. He pours coffee into two porcelain cups, sets one before Will, and his voice cuts through the silence with a cold, ironic edge.