thinking abt how easy it is for hannibal and will to formulate their complex thoughts, lay them into metaphors and communicate with each other thru theatrical sensitivity and sneaky intimacy, but also how hard it is for them to just say "i’m sorry". or "i care for you". or "i love you". i wonder how they would learn to show this to each other the right—not killing people as offerings—way. hannibal kills abigail to say "i’m furious at you", folds a man into a human heart to say "i’m heartbroken, but i forgive you", turns himself in to say "i will never leave you" …. but on the run postfall, he would learn to try and be more discreet with his expressions of vulnerability. perhaps he would drug will and incapacitate him to take care of him and show him his love. and perhaps will wouldn’t fight back and let him pump every possible drug into his veins, just to say "i trust you". and when that phase is over, will would guard their hideout like a dog and make sure no one ever gets in to say "this is mine, you’re mine". and hannibal would make him food and stitch up his wounds to say "i care for you". through the forced proximity of death they’ll learn how to appreciate each other quietly and reciprocally. no need for blood shed or slit throats or burnt bodies. they’ll cook for each other and bath each other and allow a few tears to fall around each other and it won’t be as brutal and violent as their love is but it’s a proof the love is there anyway
