Disclaimer: I don't own Hannibal of the song 'Addicted to Love'. I'm just borrowing for some fun.

Addicted To Love

Her lights were on in the living room, but she wasn't home. She'd gone out for a run. In his mind though, she was ever present. She ran the halls of his memory palace, ghosting from one room to the next. He mind was not his own anymore. He wasn't sure he wanted it back though. He saw her coming back. She was drenched in sweat and beginning to shake with exhaustion. He wanted to kiss her, taste the salt on her skin. She had such an exquisite flavor. Since their precious encounter in Chesapeake, he hadn't been able to sleep. He saw her in his dreams. He knew their time together would have affected her as well. By her even more slender appearance, he guessed that she had not been eating. They were both in so deep.

The lights are on but you're not home,

Your mind is not your own,

Your body sweats, your body shakes

Another kiss is what it takes,

You can't eat, you can't sleep

There's no doubt you're in deep,

Your throat is tight, you cant breathe,

Another kiss is all you need,

When she reached the porch, his breath caught in his throat. It was a pleasurable torture to see her again, to be so close. They both had to face the fact that their one shared kiss was not enough, would never be enough. He had seen the signs in her and in himself, but until that moment they were running at different speeds. Her heart beat a double time to his single. All he needed was one more kiss to seal her fate with his, and he craved that kiss. So he entered the house and found her waiting.

You see the signs, but you cant read,

You're running at a different speed,

Your heart beats at double time,

Another kiss and you'll be mine

You cant be save, another young love is all you crave,

And if the sun left you, you don't mind it feels blue,

"Took you long enough." She quipped as he stood in the doorway to her living room.

"I had to be creative. Have you been well?" He asked politely. She rose swiftly from her seat and invaded his personal space.

"Lets dispense with the pleasantries. We both know why you're here and what my answer will be. I've had my time to adjust, to miss you. Now its time for you to take me away from everything, but only if you kiss me. Another kiss is all we need."

"Just one Clarice?"

"Just one to get my answer, Hannibal." His smiled was only slightly feral as he leaned in. The kiss was ecstasy.

"Will you run with me?" He asked when they broke apart.

"Yes." She breathed. He took her hand and led her away from her life.

Years later when asked by their friends what brought them together, they always gave the same reply and nothing else. They were addicted to love.

Oh you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah,

It's closer to the truth,

You know you're gonna have to face it,

You're addicted to love

You might as well face it, you're addicted to love.