Fics like Clair de Lune

Considering Hannibal’s clear distinction between himself and the long pig that frequents the world, the idea that someone on his level, someone with a darkness that rivals his own, is out there is something so intoxicating that Hannibal can’t help but want to consider. He would almost find it silly if it weren’t something so achingly primal, wired in the brain like the will to survive. Because being known, be it platonically or romantically, was something that everyone wanted, and for Hannibal Lecter it could be something that’s considered a weakness. Not because the act of loving is a weak one, but because if the one person out there, Hannibal’s ultimate match, had just as much darkness as him, then the possibility of his death was just as likely as the possibility of falling in love. So, perhaps then, you can imagine Hannibal’s caution when he receives an unexpected courting gift at eight am on a Monday. Or Hannibal Lecter is what one would call a hopeless romantic.

Fics like Clair de Lune

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