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    Soulmate AU: Soulmates find their other half when they look into their eyes. After the next time they sleep, they wake with one eye the color of their intended.

    Will Graham avoids eyes. He's never wanted a soulmate, never wanted to be told by the universe who he was supposed to feel a connection to. He already struggles enough with connections, thank you very much. As a psychiatrist, he works with soulmates who have lost their other half through various means, part of a social system that regards the journey to your soulmate as the most important thing a person can do. Coerced by Jack Crawford to consult on a case where the assailant is targeting soulmates, Will finds himself turning to the notorious Dr. Lecter to gain insight on how he's choosing the soulmates to target.

    Things go horribly awry when he looks into Hannibal's eyes, though. The next morning, he wakes up with one eye blue, the other maroon. He's never wanted a soulmate, least of all one behind bars for murdering dozens of people and eating them. Hannibal thinks it's delightful -it's been dreadfully boring since he was locked up.

    Romance, thriller, mayhem, mystery, soulmate au with a realistic twist, and a grumpy Will Graham

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    23 Jun 2026

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    Online classes due to the quarantine are how Professor Graham's students learn that: 1) Professor Graham has a cute dog; 2) Professor Graham is married; and 3) Professor Graham's husband is smoking hot.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    There’s a man looking up at Will, who has clearly been distracted from - Oh. Throwing limbs into the river. Human limbs. Lovely, he thinks sarcastically. Then he thinks it again because it actually is kind of lovely. The man looks confident. At ease with what he is. He’s kinda hot, too.

    Or: Will tries to jump off a bridge but ends up offering himself up to a cannibalistic serial killer...as you do.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    Will still uses the shower in what was essentially his room. The lock on the door has not been used since rut- Hannibal had installed it, after all, and was more than capable of simply dismantling it. When Will is in here, Hannibal tends to leave him alone, only entering once Will has finished bathing to assist with bandaging his neck. As he enters he throws his jacket on the bare mattress. Soon after, the rest of his clothes join it in a haphazard mess. The bandage, at least, he drops into the trash can.

    Before stepping into the shower he stops before the mirror. His body is mottled with bruises but none draw his attention quite like the ones around his neck. In places he can see the imprint of fingers but in others, it’s blending with the wide marks from when Hannibal choked him with an arm instead of his hands. Gingerly, he presses a finger into the darkest area, hissing with pain when it connects.

    Will smiles, backs away, and steps into the shower.

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    Will steps willingly into the spider's web.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    “Hannibal, look.” Frustrated, Will collapses into a chair. “I’m not trying to be cruel, I promise you. The… idea, that you are suffering while I could… lessen it. It’s unbearable.” Hannibal is opening his mouth, but Will raises a hand to ask him to wait. “And before you bring up my ‘dangerously altruistic streak,’ as you’ve dubbed it, I do mean you.

    Will cannot look at Hannibal, because it’s only part of the truth. He can’t stop thinking about that day, when the perfectly poised doctor had come so unhinged that he broke through a solid wooden door with nothing but his own brutal strength. Sometimes, some sweaty, frantic nights, he has dreams about what would have happened had Jack not gotten there in time.

    The fact that he does not know is becoming unbearable.

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    Hannibal, an Alpha, is in love with Will, a Beta, and it's becoming a problem. Will offers to help the man through his rut, unaware of the true consequences of his actions.

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    13 Jun 2026

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