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    Summary

    Hannibal is thirteen and runs away from the orphanage when he feels that a fate of the elements will be better than the fate of abuse.

    He finds a small cabin in the woods, thinking warmth will be all he finds.

    He also finds Will.

    But who changes who?

    Please refer to the tags for TW.

    Part One: Chapters one-six
    Part Two: Chapters seven-eight
    Three years later
    Part Three: Chapters nine-eighteen
    Ten years later
    Part Four: Chapters Nineteen-twenty-one
    Hannibal always knows how to get what he wants.
    Part Five: Chapter Twenty-two-Twenty-three
    Learning to cope and knowing how to cope are often not the same.

    *No underage between Will/Hannibal
    *Not whump--occurs in the aftermath of the early events of Hannibal Rising.
    A canon-connected, plot-driven AU that mixes Hannibal Rising with NBC Hannibal.

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