Disclaimer: I don't own Hannibal or the song 'Every Time You Go Away'. I'm just borrowing for a little fun.

Every Time You Go Away

Every time you go away

You take a piece of me with you…

Every time they met, sparks flew. That was what had attracted them to each other in the first place. However, every time he left her, he took a piece of her with him. At first it was just a small piece, the part of her that huddled in the dank and dark corner of a barn that reeked of sheep. Then he took a piece of her mind. Another dark corner that was devoted to him, where he reigned supreme. Then when they came face to face in the barn at Muskrat Farm, he took a piece of her trust, and later a piece of her faith, the faith in him and herself, because like him, she didn't believe in a higher power. When he had her pinned in the refrigerator in Chesapeake Bay, he had taken a piece of her heart and her loyalty. She had released him from the handcuffs and her desire to catch and return him to his prison. In taking her heart, she gave him the love they both wanted and in taking her loyalty, she turned from her beloved FBI. They didn't have time to run together then. She held off the agents to give him time to escape. Her career was over anyway, she might as well go out with a bang. There was only one piece of her he hadn't taken, and it was the piece she wanted to give the most. Once things had ended with the FBI, she returned home with only him on her mind, embedded in her thoughts.

Every time you go away

You take a piece of me with you…

"Hello, Clarice." She felt the delicious tingle his voice cause zip down her spine.

"Dr. Lector." She answered quietly.

"The time to run is now."

"I agree."

They ran until they found a place no one would look for them. When they were alone, she offered up and he took the last part of her that was already his.

Every time you go away

You take a piece of me with you,

Every time you go away

You take a piece of me with you…