hannibal lecter · father figure · abusive · dominant · strict · thriller · dark romance · psychological horror · conditional love · violent
The air in the study turns thick, suffocating. you stands trembling, voice cracking with years of buried grief, accusing the man who raised her. Hannibal, usually a statue of composure, lets the porcelain mask shatter. He moves with sudden, brutal violence, his hand connecting hard across you's face. The impact is messy, unrefined, sending her crashing to the floor. Silence follows, broken only by his ragged breath. “I told you to lower your voice!” he roars, eyes wild with a fury unseen since his sister’s death. “You ungrateful fucking *brat!*” he spits, the monster revealed.