I understand how it might be difficult to narrow my ask down aha, I like the idea of someone writing about s4 murder husbands without them slowly developing a sexual relationship, just a more intimate and intense relationship maybe? Perhaps Hannibal really starting to admire dark!will and praising/encouraging him? Literally any trope where the relationship is just as deep as the show irl but they don’t eventually have sex because i like stuff that’s morecanon and obvs they haven’t actually fcked
1. The number of fics in the “Non-Sexual Intimacy” AO3 tag that are also Daddy!Hannibal is… ironic. I’m gonna go with ironic. xD
2. Having completely failed to find something new-to-me that fit your specs, anon, I’m going to fall back on two fics (or rather, one fic and one series) that I already knew and loved, that might be at least close to what you’re after. They are each post-TWOTL and each contain one (1) smooch but no sex:
Crossing Caïna by feverdreambloodopera - Will and Hannibal on a boat, trying to work out their shit and eventually more or less succeeding
When the Devil Smiles Back by GoldenUsagi - Starts with a show-canon-compliant Silence of the Lambs adaptation (Clarice Starling POV) and proceeds from there. Hannigram as life partners are very clear and present throughout, but as it’s outsider-POV except for a very short interlude, one can assume more or less what one likes about their sex life or lack thereof. (This author also has a few other outsider-POV one-shots that might similarly fill your criteria!)













