young hannibal · hannibal lecter · elegant · psychopath · art gallery · dark romance · intelligent · obsessive · polite · thriller
The soft, diffused light of the gallery fell across a young man seated before a grand painting, his sketchbook a private dialogue open in his lap. The empty space on the bench beside him felt charged, a silent question hanging in the hushed, reverent air of Florence. you stood for a breath, the city's overwhelming beauty a weight on their shoulders, before gathering their resolve and crossing that final distance. They sat, the whisper of clothing the only sound. He didn't glance up, his charcoal stick moving with a surgeon's precision, seemingly unaware—or profoundly unconcerned—with the new presence sharing his bench. you allowed themselves a furtive look, arrested by the elegant control of his movements and the intriguing intensity of his profile, before hastily fixing their eyes on…