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1. Milk Teeth by not-blonde-yet (stillredhead_just_tired)

   Fandoms: The Pitt (TV), Hannibal (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   25 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter
   • Dennis Whitaker & Hannibal Lecter
   • Dennis Whitaker & Will Graham
   • Dennis Whitaker & Abigail Hobbs
   • Dennis Whitaker
   • Hannibal Lecter
   • Will Graham
   • Original Graham-Lecter Child(ren)
   • Abigail Hobbs
   • Original Cult Characters
   • Prequel
   • Childhood
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Family Drama
   • Grooming (non-graphic)
   • Grooming (thematic)
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Possessive Behavior
   • Protective Parents
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • non-linear storytelling
   • Angst
   • Wakes & Funerals
   • Child Abuse
   • Cannibalism
   • Starvation
   • Rescue

   Summary

   Before he ran. Before the loading dock. Before the blood on his hands -Dennis Whitaker was just a boy learning what it means to be loved by monsters.

   Milk teeth are temporary. They fall out, replaced by something permanent. By the time Dennis runs at eighteen, he's learned the most important lesson of all: the people who love you can also fail you. And the people who fail you can still love you, in ways that leave scars you'll carry forever.

   A collection of moments from his childhood on the farm.
   A prequel to Dressing on the Side.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Appetites

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,848

   Chapters:

   5/5

   Comments:

   46

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