Title: Like A Moth to a Flame
Chapter Title: N.A
Author: Desperate For Attention
Pairing: Hannibal Lecter/ Will Graham
Fandom: Hannibal (TV)
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea!
Like A Moth to A Flame
To Will, Hannibal Lecter was the tall beacon of yellow light shining from some old ladies porch in the middle of the night.
Will on the other hand considered himself the naïve moth fluttering through darkness in search of anything that would ease the long nights.
He knew that he shouldn't, that getting to close to the light would burn and leave him with scars at the least and his life at most. And yet, like the moth he still swarmed around that scolding light bulb, burning his fingers as he got to close but unable to pull away and surrender to the darkness.
No matter how painful it became and how much suffering it was causing; he still clung to that light.
Desperate for it to keep the darkness at bay.
Night after night until eventually the light would go out and Will would fall into his dreams and resurface a completely different person.
Will recognised Hannibal as strong and safe, his paddle when the waters were rough and his light source when the lights went out. He depended on him, clung to Hannibal like a life-line and in return Hannibal kept him grounded, kept him coming back.
Kept that light on the porch shining so that Will could find his way in the darkness.
Drawing him in like a moth to a flame.