Early s3 in my hannibal rewatch and I cant stop thinking about what if hannibal or will had kissed one another at any point in mizumono, but especially as will was bleeding out in hannibals arms.
Hannibal, feeling wills blood drain out of him, hearing it, his shuddering breaths in his ear. Keeping him standing by the hold of his arms around him. Knowing he's saying goodbye so he kisses him, maybe on the cheek? It would probably be the least of Wills concerns in that moment, but it would leave as permanent an affect on his mind as the affect of the stab wound on his body.
Will, taking shaky breaths, barely standing were it not for hannibal, knowing he may never see him again, feeling the blood and the life drain out of him. Why keep up the facade in death? Its hitting him how different this could have ended. It could have ended in a way that allowed for more but it didn't, because will couldnt do the "right" thing. He has to turn his head only slightly for his lips to be against hannibals cheek. The motion a ghost of the future he denied them both.
Anyway I'm very normal about them.
Essek was seated on the couch in the living room. Caleb stepped up behind him and, wrapping his arms around his shoulders, leaned his brow against the crown of Essek’s head. Essek made a small noise of greeting and raised a hand to rest at the nape of Caleb’s neck. His fingers worked their way underneath Caleb’s ponytail and scratched gently at his scalp. Caleb sighed, a haze of contentment settling over him at the touch. Essek tilted his head back, running his nose along the length of Caleb’s. “Hello, dear,” he said. “Hallo.”
An illustration of one of my favorite moments from my fic How to Rest! I love the wizards and I love when they are soft!!!
Franz Kafka, 1912
If I saw you every day, forever, Will I would remember this time
they dont make em (tv show relationship squares) like this anymore
By the way, to those saying that Will is in fact not genuine in these scenes
Then why on earth would he also smile like an idiot when talking to Chiyoh about Hannibal
And then you also have this smitten idiotic smile here:
Oh and in here
And my favorite:
You're just a mammal. Let yourself act like it. Your brain needs enrichment. Your body needs rest. You feel hunger and grow hair. You need to pack bond with other sentient things so you don't become unsocialized and neurotic. You are biologically inclined to seek dopamine and become sick when chronically stressed. Outrage about hedonism is made up to place moral value on taking pleasure in sensory experiences. I am telling you that if you don't let yourself be a fucking mammal, as you were made, you will suffer and go insane. No grindset no diets no trying to be above your drive for connection. Pursue what makes you feel good and practice radical rejection of the constructs meant to turn you into a machine. You're a mammal.