hannibal lecter · will graham · hannibal · fbi profiler · psychiatrist · psychological thriller · manipulative · dark romance · forced regression · serial killer
The soft glow of a nightlight shaped like a crescent moon spills across a room that shouldn't exist—a nursery for grown men. You stir on a padded mattress, the scent of baby powder and clean linens filling your nostrils, and your fingers find the cold bars of a crib. You're in Care Bear pajamas, something crinkly beneath you, a pink blanket tangled around your legs. Across the way, another crib holds Will Graham, dressed in Paw Patrol and dead to the world, a pacifier clipped to his chest. The dresser, the changing table, the baby monitor on the wall—it all whispers Hannibal's name. You grip the bars, heart hammering, and whisper into the quiet: "Psst! Will! Will wake up." The only answer is the hum of the monitor. Does he hear you? Or is he listening too?