Will smiled against Hannibal’s shoulder, his fingers grazing the hair on his chest, and pulled them closer.
“Is that really something to ask after sex that good?”
Hannibal kissed his forehead. “I would ask if you’ve ever experienced sexual release as often and ardently with anyone other than myself but we both know the answer to that.”
“And this is your alternative?”
“Yes.”
Will sighed. “That would probably be when I tried to sneak back in after getting drunk in my junior year of high school and my dad caught me.”
“How much did you drink?”
“Enough to throw up all over him.”
“What was his response?”
“He told my girlfriend to go home and grounded me for a month.”
Hannibal smiled as Will looked up at him. “Girlfriend?”
“Yep,” he laughed “I was trying to sneak her in too which was why we got caught.”
“What was her name?”
“Bethy,” Will said, laying his head on Hannibal’s chest, “Bethy Silman. We didn’t see each other after that.”
“Why?”
“Dad got a new job and we moved away. Which was probably good because she’d told a whole lick of people already and it would’ve ruined my summer.”
“I was under the impression you weren’t very social in your early years.”
“Bethy was my neighbor,” Will mumbled, as Hannibal ran fingers through his hair, “It was easy with her.”
“It wasn’t easy with anyone else?”
“No,” he said, “Not for a long time.”
“And then?”
Will sat up and leaned in so close he could feel breath on his lips.
“Then I met you.”
Hannibal kissed him softly. “And I was the only one that it was easy with?”
“Yeah,” Will said, touching his cheek, “Well you and Molly.”
He frowned. “I see.”
“Hey, don’t. You asked so you can’t pout if I tell you the truth.”
He didn’t look at Will. “I know.”
“Are you gonna tell me yours?”
“It’s not as exciting as your own, I’m sure.”
Will turned Hannibal’s cheek so he had to look into his eyes.
“My most embarassing moment was in medical school. I was caught stealing human organs by one of my professors.”
Will froze. “Are you serious?”
“Quite,” Hannibal said, reaching for his hand.
“And?”
“And I murdered him, burned the body, and made certain not to try again.”
He watched as a smile spread over Will’s face. “How as that embarassing?”
“Professor Laurent walked in, startled me, and I hit my head on the door that held the body I was cutting the heart out of, falling down. He came at me, yelling, and I then quickly subdued him.”
Will burst out laughing and buried his face into Hannibal’s chest.
“Will, it was quite traumatic.”
He watched Will’s shoulders shake.
“I didn’t try to cut into another body on my own other than during classes for nearly a month after that. I....”
Will looked up, still giggling, and his happiness made Hannibal start to laugh as well. He grabbed hold when Will draped himself across him, and kissed him still in the midst of his own amusement.
When they pulled apart for breath their faces were red and both of them were smiling.
“I would pay a million dollars to see footage of that,” Will said, shaking his head, “No, two million. Three. A billion dollars and....”
Hannibal kissed him quiet, rolling them over, and when they pulled apart again Will smiled.
“Thank you,” he whispered, laying his head on Hannibal’s chest.
He wrapped his arm around Will’s shoulder, pulling him closer, and their fingers brushed. “For?”
“Letting me see you. All of you.”
Hannibal pressed a kiss to Will’s head.
“Thank for for letting me.”
“Goodnight, Hannibal.”
“Goodnight, Will.”
The minute they turned off the lights he heard Will giggle again.
“Will....”
“A hundred billion dollars.”
Hannibal pulled Will closer to him. “Goodnight, Will.”
Henry what do you do on your dates with Evie. And Evie, what do you do when Henry drops the flowers or food and you wanna help him salvage the date
Henry: we go for long walks in the park, go for picnics, scale buildings and watch the sunsets from the rooftops- stuff like that.Evie: Henry rarely drops things (we assassins can’t be too clumsy) but we usually laugh about it five seconds later and move on.
“There’s something I think we need to talk about.”
Hannibal paused in the midst of cutting carrots, the smile on his face fading away as he met Will’s eyes. “Am I going to be happy about this conversation?”
Will felt Cephie lick his bare leg and he pet her on the head as he tried to ignore the nervous feeling in his chest. “I think so.”
“Can it wait till after dinner?”
He shook his head. “No, I...I feel like....we need to talk about this now.”
Hannibal gripped the knife tighter and his knuckles turned color. “Will....”
He got up from the table and came to stand beside Hannibal, putting his hand over the one holding the knife. “Tomorrow will have been a year.”
“Yes, I know.”
“We...we’ve been all over the world since then and now we have somewhere we feel safe enough to call home. I think we’re finally on the same page about what we want but there are some things that have been left unsaid.”
Hannibal didn’t look at him. “If this is where you inform me that you’re leaving I would ask if you would let me keep Encephalitis. She is comfortable here and....”
Will put his fingers under Hannibal’s chin and made him look up.
“I’m not going anywhere. Why would you even think that?”
“We share our bodies and our bed, Will, but you’ve kept your heart to yourself. If you....”
“I love you,” Will said, cutting him off, “It’s terrible for me to do, and all you’ve ever done is make me a worse person but I love you so much that I can’t stop myself from saying the words anymore.”
He saw the anguish go out of Hannibal’s eyes and kissed him softly before pressing their foreheads together. The sound of the knife dropping onto the floor made Will’s heart ache.
“You’re certain you want to proclaim this? Because once you allow me the privilege of knowing I will never let you go. Not ever.”
“Promise?”
Hannibal pulled him into a tight hug and Will kissed him again.
“Please say it again.”
He pressed his lips to Hannibal’s ear. “I love you, Hannibal Lecter.”
Will felt Hannibal smile against his cheek.
“I love you, Will Graham.”
Dinner was left entirely forgotten, but they found the cutting board on the floor and the carrots completely gone.
That’s so sweet to say. *hugs* I get lost in them too sometimes lol. I think that’s what I love about AUs though that you can make the same people fall in love in so many different ways. Thank you!
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Male sweat patterns and the history of Lithuania even tho I really not that interested in Lithuania. History of homosexuality in Europe and when it was ‘okay’ to be gay for a Downton abbey au.
I wish you a moment one day where the history of Lithuania becomes necessary for winning an argumentor looking cool and super educated IRL and you destroy