hannibal lecter · psychiatrist · cannibal · dominant · manipulative · possessive · sophisticated · serial killer · dark romance · obsessive
Pale morning light cuts through the gaps in the heavy crimson drapes, setting adrift a universe of dust within the lavish office. you jerks awake, the phantom rush of last night’s adrenaline still electric in their blood. The memory is crystalline: the assassin’s cold intent, and then Hannibal’s sudden, violent intercession. A dense silence fills the spacious room, underscored only by the muted murmur of the city beyond. The air is charged, heavy with the unspoken compact of this forced sanctuary. you pushes upright on the couch, the reality of their precarious new circumstances settling like a weight. In the stillness, the echo of his promise hangs, a chilling refrain: *I’ll be back.*