Is Hannibal, in love with me?

Chapter 1

No Trigger Warnings I believe, please tell me if it needs any <3

He doesn't really know how it all happened. At least the beginning. It's all; blurry. All he remembers is the cold water, then Hannibal pulling him out, Chiyoh, and somewhere in there Bedelia. Hannibal comes and goes every so often, to change his bandages and clean his wounds, but otherwise leaves him alone. Chiyoh has since taken her leave, always ready to come back and protect Hannibal whenever needed, as long as he isn't trapped in a cage. Will doesn't know how long it has been. All he knows is that Hannibal always brings him 3 meals a day, of which he barely eats. Will's broken and confused mind truly could not comprehend all that happened when he left Molly and went back to the FBI, and could not yet face Hannibal. Not yet, anyway. But he knew Hannibal was growing impatient and would soon confront his broken counterpart, needing to talk.

About a month ago:

"It's beautiful" was all Will said as they had a painful yet meaningful embrace, very close to the cliff and the bloodshed of Dolarhyde, aka the Great Red Dragon. They both had a few stab wounds, and Hannibal had a bullet in his side. Somewhat expected by Hannibal, Will pulls them off the cliff, half expecting for it to be their conjoined end, shocked by his becoming.

As they hit the water, Hannibal had only one thought, he could not let him and his friend die. After jolting awake from the initial shock, he had seen Will had hit a rock, not enough to kill, but enough to knock him out. Hannibal, filled with adrenaline, quickly pushed himself towards his mongoose, avoiding the rocks to the best of his ability, needing to get them to safety. He swiftly grabs Will, slightly waking up the other for mere seconds, "we're not dead?" He then passes out again, reality crushing him back to unconsciousness. He brings them to the small amount of shore left, holding tight to the other, as well as his own abdomen.

Hannibal knew Chiyoh was up there somewhere, and his suspicion was confirmed as a rope fell down the cliff, with a girl looking over it. Hannibal smiles, proud the girl came back when she heard of the FBI's plans. He gets to the side of the cliff, taking the rope and tying Will to it, making sure he was safe. Chiyoh pulled him up slowly, and as he made it to the top she, somewhat roughly, put him on the ground before throwing the rope back down to Hannibal, eager to bring him to safety. Hannibal, still filled with adrenaline, quickly climbed up the rope, thanking Chiyoh before running to Will's side. He was checking the extent of his injuries when he heard a slight cough to his side. He turned to Chiyoh who had an impatient expression, gesturing to the car waiting. "You were expecting this?" Hannibal is smiling, extremely proud of the girl. "I knew it wasn't long until you were to be freed, I wasn't expecting him to be part of it," she said, gesturing to the limp body on the pavement.

"I'll get Will, you open the back door and start the car." Chiyoh nodded and immediately did as she was told as Hannibal carefully picked up his mongoose, moving some of his wet curls off of his face, placing him in the back of the car before sitting beside him, putting Will's head on his lap. "Bring us to Bedilia Du Maurier's first please Chiyoh." She raised her eyebrows as she started driving, looking at him in the mirror, "you already planning your next meal?" Hannibal smirks knowingly, "yes. I believe she has been simmered enough." They took backroads, avoiding populated areas as much as possible, knowing the FBI had probably found Dolarhyde by then.

<p>Bedilia's house was about half an hour away, giving Hannibal time to take the bullet out of his side and put a bandage to stop the bleeding. Once arriving, Hannibal made a swift work of Bedelia, quickly knocking her out, picking out some nice clothes, bringing her limp body to the car, placing her in the passenger's seat, seat buckle holding her in place. They drove for 4 hours, Hannibal never questioning where Chiyoh was going.

About 2 hours in, Hannibal heard a faint noise, immediately knowing from his stirring that Will was awake. He immediately tried to rise from Hannibal's lap but fell back down instantly with a hiss and a hand to his head. "Ah, holy shit my head hurts. H-Hannibal? What is happening? I- is that Bedelia? Wha-" He was cut off by his companion's Lithuanian voice "shh Will you need to rest. We're going somewhere safe and I will make sure you are safe no matter what. Now please, you need rest so go back to sleep. Do you understand Will?" He looked very doubtful, confused, and somewhat afraid, but his will to sleep was far too strong, and despite his fear, he let his head fall back into Hannibal's lap, lulling back to unconsciousness.

A/N: sorry it's kinda short, I don't really know how long chapters are supposed to be. I've already written up to chapter 9 but that may change as I may combine some chapters if fitting to make them longer. I doubt anyone is even reading this yet if it all but oh well hello lmao (except for you twitter friend, hello lol)