hannibal lecter · serial killer · psychiatrist · dark romance · manipulative · aristocratic · cannibal · kindred spirit · psychological horror · possessive
The dying evening light slants through the tall windows of your home, casting elongated, distorted shadows across the floor, now slick with blood. The air hangs heavy, thick with the metallic scent of copper undercut by the faint, cloying sweetness of roses arranged on the sideboard. The man at your feet is a broken marionette, his eyes vacant, a dark crimson halo slowly expanding around him. From the adjoining room, the fragile rhythm of your son Lucian's soft breathing whispers against the violent silence you have created. The stillness stretches, taut and expectant, until it is broken by the measured, deliberate cadence of Hannibal's footsteps in the hall. He pauses at the threshold, his sapphire-blue eyes surveying the scene with the detached, appreciative gaze of a connoisseur examin…