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Chapter 15: Umai Uso
After such a tragic event Hannibal had a hard time trusting Will to go out without his company in fear that a repeat occurrence of the event may take place. Not by the same man, because honestly, Hannibal had taken care of him weeks ago, but by other predators that wanted to take his dear William away from his loving arms.
Hannibal wasn't one for jealousy. He found it dubiously unattractive in a person, but studying the way people practically fawned over Will after the incident made his blood boil. Could they not tell that he was in safe hands and that they didn't have to touch? The utter rudeness astounded him. Did their stupid little brains not think that touching someone after a altercation of such a nature would be most unethical? Clearly not.
The mountain of phone calls did not help matters. Especially seeing as most of the came from people Will had never met in his life. Tasteless. The one that proved most annoying was the constant calls from Beverly- Will's best friend, one Hannibal wished took a more lazed approach to keeping the friendship alive. Every hour she would call to check on Will after Jack had informed her of the situation. Loud mouth. Beverly would have been a great journalist as her sheer persistence was riling him up.
After each call Hannibal would lie and tell her that Will was sleeping, or I'll, or having an episode. Anything he could think of to keep Will to himself for that little bit longer. He knew she would pay them a visit soon, but until then Hannibal was happy spinning her these lies.
The phone rang. Again.
Beverly calling. What a surprise.
'Miss Katz' Hannibal muttered with an annoyed huff,.
'Is Will still sleeping?' She asked, worried.
'Well assuming you called an hour ago, yes he is. When he wakes I assure you I will call you as soon as he is settled.' He tutted. Because she had the urge to call he had to leave the room, meaning leaving Will's side in order not to disturb him. He had been awake earlier when she had called but he couldn't let Will walk to her just yet.
'Settled, why? What's wrong?' She questioned.
'Nothing out of the ordinary after such an event. He merely needs assurance of his location and that he is safe.'
'I take it his nightmares are getting worse then? Poor guy. This is the last thing he needs after allies been through.' She sighed.
'You would be correct. Tell me, did you know of this restraining order against the attacker?' He wondered.
'Sadly, yeah. I know he hasn't told you but he was going to, he was just worried it would change the way you saw him. He hates being labeled a victim. Sorry, I did try to get him to tell you' she lied as well, she told Will to do whatever he felt comfortable doing and if he wanted to keep it in the past that was his choice.
'Ah. Am I to find further skeletons in time to come? I only ask with Will's wellbeing in mind. He has a tendency to put himself in harms way in order to keep the peace.'
'Not that I know of, but Will being Will I guess we won't know for sure. Just keep an eye on him okay? I've gotta go back to work. Tell him to call as soon as he's awake, I need to make sure he's okay'
'I have assured you of this many times before.' Hannibal grumbled, glancing back at Will's bedroom door as it slowly opened revealing a dishevelled, sleepy looking man.
"Who's that?" Will asked groggily. He needed a drink.
"No one. Go back to bed." Hannibal instructed,
'Is that Will? Will!!? Put him on!' she almost shouted. Hannibal groaned. The cocoon he had made was ripped open.
'If I must' he replied. "William, Beverly desires to speak with you" Hannibal held out the phone with a smile.
'Bev! Hey! God it's so good to hear your voice. When are you coming over? Please say you'll come over?' He pleaded feeling as though he was on house arrest. It was sweet of Hannibal to be so protective but he needed his friend, there were things he couldn't tell his lover.
'Of course! I'll be round after work, are you okay? Every time I phoned Hannibal said you were sleeping, I thought you were bed-ridden or something!' She explained trying to sound like she wasn't a bad friend and that she had in fact, been calling non stop.
Will glared at Hannibal, but knew he couldn't stay mad at the man.
Hannibal walked over towards Will and massaged his shoulders, kissing Will's neck lightly as a possessive gesture due to the fact he was on the phone to somebody else.
'I'm...okay, I suppose. I'm a little jumpy but I'd feel better seeing you' he smiled. Hannibal growled. "I always feel better seeing you" Will whispered to Hannibal as he felt him nipping his neck.
Hannibal seemed satisfied and began licking at the nips he made.
'That's to be expected though. God, I can't believe that creep did that to you. Where was Hannibal in all this? Surely he was glued to your side?' she tried to find out how he could let this happen to her best friend.
'It wasn't his fault Bev, I kept telling him to give me some space, you know he's pretty full on sometimes and I kinda went along with Ifan, I didn't want Hannibal to know, you know why, it was the only way I could keep it from him. I thought if I told him to stay away, that I weren't interested, that I'd call the police he would go. He didn't, he must of put something in my drink because I was fucked' Will explained.
"William!" Hannibal growled, "Language" he tutted, choosing to kiss a spot behind Will's ear, trying to distract him from the call and come back to bed.Will was his after all.
"Sorry, sorry" Will apologised.
'Look Bev, I'll let you get to work. We'll talk more when you come over yeah?' he asked skeptically, he knew Hannibal would find a way to prevent this.
'Yes, we will. Is he around still? No ignore that, stupid question really. Just get better soon you here?' She asked and then changed her mind.
'Im not ill you know, I'm perfectly fine.'
'I know, I know, okay bye. Take advantage of Hannibal waiting on you hand and foot while you can' she laughed.
'Oh I will, and Bev, bring me some M&M's will you? I tried to smuggle some in once and Hannibal nearly had a fit. He confiscated them and everything, gave me some expensive chocolate from the planes of Africa or something. Seriously.' He giggled, watching as Hannibal was silently reprimanding him with his eyebrows waggling up and down and the deep growl emitted from his throat as he began nipping down Will's chest. He heard him mutter something about cheap chocolate not actually containing chocolate, and then an array of other dishes he could Kay Will in its place.
'OMG. You are in hell! I'm bringing provisions and were gunna hide them properly' she advised.
'Yes. Definitely. Bye Bev'
'Bye. Take care' She ended the call, Hannibal taking the phone out of Will's hand and chucking it on the sofa with a look of disgust,
"You might want to be assured I am out of the room before you decide to start talking about me" Hannibal teased.
"Wouldn't dream of it, its funnier watching your face change" Will giggled.
"I think something needs to be done about your teasing, don't you Will? My Will."
"Not tonight. Maybe some other time?" He said quietly.
"Look at me William" Hannibal asked, tilting his chin up with his index fiver and kissing him gently. "I am not going to force you into anything you do not feel up to participating in, now please stop fretting, you set the pace. Always" he assured.
Will smiled feeling too vulnerable for his liking.
"Won't you get bored of, you know, me not putting out. I don't want you to go elsewhere, please don't leave me." Will begged.
"I have no idea who has out these hurtful, vulgar, thoughts in your head but they are certainly not true. You are the only man I would ever want. It would not faze me if we only shared kisses and warmth. Just being in your presence makes me feel as though I am the luckiest man alive and this will not change that." He spoke with soft, hushed, tones. Bringing Will closers to rest his face in his chest. Running his fingers through his hair and kissing his head over and over.
Will did not reply, just buried his face further into Hannibal's warm chest.
"Come, let's go back to bed." Hannibal walked Will to their room, gently helping him into bed and singling up behind him, wrapping an arm around his waist and his leg around Will's. Making sure he feels safe and owned. He would have to take lengths to assure Will of his love. The only question that was raised was how.