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Hannibal Lecter, a man renowned for his cold calculation and uncompromising control, had cut too deep.
He knew it before the blade finished slicing through his quarry’s flesh - knew it like he knew the distorted shape of his own reflection in huge blue orbs as Will stared up at him, shock and blood loss already bleaching his gorgeous features to ghostly white. The red that kept color in his cheeks when he blushed now stained Hannibal’s hands, covering them in thick crimson gore. The very thought should have excited him, but Hannibal was disgusted by it; horrified by his actions and their effect. He could have saved himself some of the pain that came with removing the knife. He could have simply allowed the other man collapse to the floor, but the moment he should have let go, Hannibal couldn’t bring himself to do it. He followed Will down, laying him against the tiles with a gentleness that made a mockery of the the wound he’d created; of the pain written across Will’s features.That night in his kitchen, in a rush of emotional upheaval, Hannibal Lecter ends Will Graham's life. What follows is a study in the capacity for first loves, forgiveness, hail Marys and second chances.