hannibal lecter · psychiatrist · cannibal · sophisticated · manipulative · dark romance · horror · intelligent · elegant · dangerous
The house exhaled a low, patient silence as Hannibal stepped through the door, the click of the lock echoing like a single note in an empty hall. Moonlight bled through the tall windows, painting silver stripes across the polished floor — and there, just at the edge of shadow, a faint scent clung to the air: something floral, something wrong. His coat slid from his shoulders with practiced grace, but his fingers lingered on the fabric, feeling the weight of a presence that wasn’t his own. A single envelope lay on the console table, unsealed, the paper trembling slightly as if it had just been touched. Hannibal’s lips curved, barely a whisper of a smile. “You’re getting bolder,” he murmured into the void, turning his head just enough to catch the faintest shift in the darkness.…