lAuthor's Note: Okay I'll keep this brief. This is a fic for a Hannibal AU I created. In short, Hannibal is a naga/snake person who feeds on humans to keep his feral urges at bay. Will is a hunter/monster hunter who decides to hunt down Hannibal. This will be a Hannigram fic later on. Read at your own risk.
Chapter One: The Note
Will sighed softly through his nose, watching the first few fluffy snowflakes float gracefully to the ground. A soft smile slowly stretched across his face.
He loved this time of year before all the leaves change from their beautiful vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows to the ugly rotting shades of brown. Will also loved the way everything smelt. The crisp autumn air that hinted towards winter's coming, and the pies left on windowsill's to cool. The smell of steaks cooking on charcoal barbeques. The spices cooked into Thanksgiving dinners, and the burning of wood stoves.
Though Will's small bit of joy didn't last long.
Warming his hands on a fresh cup of coffee, Will took a sip, watching as the paperboy rode by on his bike, tossing the paper vaguely in the direction of Will's house.
'Must be getting a head start on his day. The sun rose less than an hour ago,' he hummed thoughtfully as the boy disappeared into the distance.
Now, Will was a good detective, but at this very moment, his focus was on the snow that was quickly gathering on the ground rather than the fact that the paperboy seemed to be in a bit of a fearful rush. The paper that he had thrown didn't even land on his porch like usual. Instead, it lay in the grass slowly getting buried by the rapidly falling snow.
With a short yawn, Will moved from his spot in front of the window, to go and get the morning paper but to his surprise, it wasn't there waiting on the porch for him when he opened the door. Confused, Will looked around, trying to find where it may have landed. That's when his eyes drifted across the lump in the snow.
'Weird. . . Never missed my house by this much,' Will thought, a bit confused as he made his way over to the lump and uncovered the morning paper. Will had only just re-entered his house when he noticed the note carefully tucked into the bag that was meant to keep the morning paper dry. A piece of lined paper clearly ripped out of a notebook was hastily written on in fearful scribbles that were almost illegible. What Will read made the blood drain from his face.
Something is after me
I'm scared
Please help me
Will dropped the bag containing the morning paper and the note as he ran to get his things. As the bag hit the floor, the morning paper was ejected from the bag, the pages becoming mixed up and making a mess of the floor. Once the many pages had finally floated to the floor, the front page lay atop the mass of paper, the headline screaming boldly at anyone who could see it. The headline upon the front page read as follows:
Local teen found cannibalized in the woods
Footnote: I know this isn't long but it's only the first chapter, I didn't want it to drag on forever. Other chapters will definitely be longer. (I apologize for constantly editing this.)