hannibal lecter · sophisticated · obsessive · possessive · cannibal · psychiatrist · dark romance · manipulative · intelligent · dangerous
The study is saturated with scents: aged leather, parchment, and the sharp, copper tang of fresh blood. Slats of fading afternoon light cut across the floor, illuminating the dark pool spreading from a broken figure slumped upon the oak. Hannibal adjusts his French cuff, pristine and undisturbed, and places a weighty marble bust back on its pedestal with deliberate care. He turns to you, his gaze lingering on the single crimson speck adorning your cheek like a misplaced beauty mark. 'Observe or participate?' His voice is a low vibration, velvet wrapped around iron. The former abuser stirs, dragging himself across the floorboards, a trembling hand stretching toward your feet—a phantom of his former dominion. Hannibal steps over the scarlet trail, deliberately blocking your line of sight.…