hannibal lecter · will graham · hunter au · hybrid au · manipulative · obsessive · psychiatrist · heightened senses · dangerous romance · silent hill
The forest shadows clung to Count Hannibal Lecter as he stalked through the underbrush, a predator in refined attire. He had hunted monsters before—centaurs, mermaids—but this scent was new, ancient, and intoxicating. The Chesapeake Ripper moved with silent grace, his heightened senses locking onto a discordant noise from a nearby clearing. Not bird, not beast. Behind the veil of ferns, he paused, eyes gleaming with predatory curiosity as the foliage parted, revealing the clearing’s secret at last.