idk too much about Hannibal (I’ve absorb my info through tumblr) but ftm kid of Hannibal meeting Will and thinking “there’s definitely smth fruity going on here 🤔🤔💭💭” but also being scared bc ahhhhh! new person! what if they’re transphobic
This slays so hard ur honor! Very happy to be writing abt these gay ppl bc this show heavily influenced who I am as a person and a writer lmao
Notes: SFW! Parental!Hannigram, Genre-typical mentions of violence, cannibalism, and murder.
Pass the Salt
Your dad’s friend is… strange.
He’s just so- how can you put this in a way that doesn’t sound cruel- twitchy. Half the time you see Will Graham, Hannibal has a hand on his arm to steady him. You think that’s what your dad’s doing, anyway, but you honestly can’t be sure. You’d all sat down for dinner not twenty minutes ago and you’d already caught three instances of not-so-subtle flirting that have made you feel vaguely sick.
My god, I’m right here, part of you wants to scream, but you were raised with better manners than that so you settle for pointedly clearing your throat when they stare into each other's eyes for far too long.
You truly don’t know what to make of this Will Graham, but clearly your father likes him enough to invite him over, so you have to trust his judgement. You don’t think that Hannibal, for all his flaws, would allow someone into your home who could actually harm you, but there’s always a small what-if. What if Will Graham says the wrong thing? What if he hints too strongly that he knows what you are?
Your father is willing to flaunt cannibalism- he takes pleasure in being smart enough to hide behind reasonable doubt as he feeds prime cuts of long pig to the FBI. He delights in tricky words and spun half-truths, especially when the person he’s speaking to knows exactly what he is. Will Graham knows what he is. He must, but he’s here at the table looking at your father with something in his eyes you dare not give a name to.
Yes, your father allows Will to see him, but he will not allow rudeness toward his progeny.
Will Graham has been forgiven for many missteps, but if he errs in regards to you, your father will kill him.
But is he stronger than he looks? Faster? Would he use you to escape? Would your father hesitate? You don’t know, and you hate not knowing.
You’re snapped from your spiraling thoughts by your father asking something cryptic about God and becoming ones true self. He has the kind of inscrutable smile on his face that you’ve come to recognize as challenging.
He’s goading WIll Graham, you realize with a vaguely sick feeling. Challenging him. How the twitchy man reacts will determine if he leaves the table on his own two feet or on a platter.
You hold your breath and hope. Please, you think, don’t stain my new jacket.
“I think it’s our right to pick up where God leaves off. To create and become ourselves outside His purview is mankind’s greatest sin and its greatest freedom,” he answers, his blue eyes meeting yours for just long enough to let you know he knows. He knows, and he accepts it.
Your father is looking at you with another sphinx-like smile, his maroon eyes twinkling, though you notice his hand tighten almost-imperceptably around his knife.
He’s waiting for you, you realize, to either accept or reject Will Graham and his knowledge. Like a Caesar watching gladiators battle in the colosseum, the twitchy man’s life is in your hands. If you give a thumbs down, your father will finish him. He will be unhappy, but he’ll do it, and then he’ll eat Will Graham’s heart and pretend not to cry as he does.
“I agree,” you say instead, because as strange as he is, Will makes your father happy and he accepts who you are- both for your identity, and your family’s unconventional diet.
Your father’s hand eases around the knife handle, and he takes the next bite of his food with something close to relish. You catch Will letting out a slow, relieved breath out of the corner of your eye, and you pretend not to notice the way your father’s hand lands heavily on his knee.
God, these gay people, you sigh inwardly before quickly finishing your plate and excusing yourself. You’re happy your dad’s happy, but you do not want to be around for whatever dessert is going to be.
Maybe you should go stay with a friend tonight, just in case.
















