Untitled (For Now) - Chapter 6
Prologue + Chapter 1: Here
Chapter 4 Hannibal’s POV + Chapter 5: Here
I walked out of my door. My home.
I wasn’t sure where I was headed. I just walked.
I didn’t want to drive. Didn’t want the noise of the car. I wanted the cold air against my face, the silence of the wind.
It was… profound. The air, the smell of it, the taste of it. It lingered. It stayed.
I didn’t like that it stayed.
Even the air felt familiar.
Maybe I should’ve taken the car. The drive.
I continued down the sidewalk, then took a sharp right turn. So sharp it made me stop. Made me realize.
I wasn’t following the air.
A profound one. Something like elegance and mercy, wrapped together in a way that didn’t belong in the same place.
Standing on the other side of the sidewalk.
He was helping someone. I couldn’t see who. I didn’t care.
All I could see was a small smile. Barely there, the slightest hint of teeth.
He knew I was there. I could tell.
He knew I was watching from across the street.
And somehow, I think he liked that.
He continued helping the stranger, never looking up at me once.
Not softened. Not exposed. Something else.
Something I couldn’t name.
Guarded, maybe. Controlled in a way that felt more deliberate than before.
As if being seen like this. Just helping, just existing was something he didn’t intend for me to witness.
Odd. The doctor was embarrassed.
I could have interrupted it. I could have broken it.
I wanted to watch. Observe.
Not to overwhelm him, but to understand something about him I hadn’t been given before.
From someone who had offered me none.
It didn’t feel good. It didn’t feel bad.
It felt… like being seen.
And I didn’t know what to do with that.
Connections I couldn’t maintain.
I didn’t hate it. But I didn’t like it either.
That’s when he called out.
His voice cut through it. Quiet. Precise
Now he was fully aware of me.
The civilian was gone. I didn’t even notice them leave. I was too focused on him.
“It is not polite to stare,” he said, “let alone observe such a moment.”
Author’s Note: and this is where we stop for a bit because i do NOT have chapter 7. i wrote one line. one. that is it. don’t worry, i’ll get it done. hear me out, the psychological pull is hotter than the typical romance. ANYWAYS. thanks again (for the millionth time).