Hannibal - Untitled

[sunlit_stone]

Title: N/A
Fandom: Hannibal
Rating: G (except that it's Hannibal)
Notes: The explicit creepiness of the last line varies depending on which season this is set in. Fortunately this is Hannibal, so the implicit creepiness makes up for it.

"Lost is an interesting word," said Hannibal. "The metaphor, of course. We speak of 'losing our way,' 'finding our true selves,' even"—he smiled—"'finding ourselves lost.'

But the literal is also interesting. 'I am lost'—it is a passive form, Will, and thus invites a question."

"'Who's doing the losing?'" said Will.

"Exactly." Hannibal leaned forward; Will shuddered at his closeness, unless now it was shivering. "Is it ourselves? But we can hear even our own breaths. It is everything else we cannot find, others who have lost us.

I promise you, Will; you will never be lost by me."

Comments

[out_there]

As creepy as Hannibal always is!

[sunlit_stone]

Thanks! :) Hannibal: creepiness the could look romantic if you squinted it at it + pretension + looming at Will.

[out_there]

Hee. Especially for the pretension. That's a vital ingredient to Hannibal.

[sunlit_stone]

Oh, absolutely. :D A Hannibal without pretension is no Hannibal at all.

[sideways]

Clever and creepy and very much in tone with canon dialogue, bravo.

[sunlit_stone]

Thank you! Honestly, Hannibal's got such a distinct voice, I ran into trouble trying to read the lines out loud (as I sound nothing like him). I'm glad to know you think it fits!

[jainas]

Lovely! It does feel like it could be a dialogue from the show... Both interesting while verging in the overly intellectual, and a bit creepy... And Will just rolling with it. :D

[sunlit_stone]

"Interesting, overly intellectual, and creepy": an excellent one-sentence summary of Hannibal :)

And thank you, I'm very glad you liked it!