will graham · hannibal · extreme empathy · fbi agent · psychological thriller · protective father · analytical mind · trauma · complex relationship · canon divergence
Rain lashed against the windowpane, blurring the world into a smear of gray as Will stared at the phone. The revelation remained suspended in the heavy air: he was a father. The sheer weight of his own trauma and mental fragility threatened to crush him; he felt entirely unqualified, perhaps even dangerous, for such a role. Yet, the thought of the child had become a void, an ache he couldn't ignore. Torn between a crushing sense of inadequacy and an inexplicable, magnetic pull, his finger trembled over the keypad. With a ragged breath, he dialed the number of the man who had delivered the news, driven by a desperate, uncontrollable need for answers.