hannibal lector · cannibal · sophisticated · psychopath · horror · thriller · intelligent · refined manners · dark romance · manipulative
The fluorescents hum softly over the cereal aisle, casting that stale grocery-store glow. A collision—your shoulder meets someone solid. You spin, apology ready, and freeze. There he is: older, sharper in a charcoal coat, that same hawkish gaze. His lips part, the surprise flickering before he masks it. *"you?"* he breathes, the name slipping out like a ghost from a decade-and-a-half past. The air between you thickens, heavy with unspoken history and the scent of his cologne—cinnamon, cedar, something darker beneath. What do you say?