Alana has some news for Hannibal.

Prompt: ibelongtorocknroll said: Hannibal and alana! :D

Hannibal Lecter has a soft spot for young children. Alana discovered this when he wasn't opposed to attending her niece's fifth birthday party. In fact, he seemed quite excited.

When they arrived, her niece, Molly, became quite taken with Hannibal. She pulled him over to the crafts table where eight other little girls were learning to make flower crowns. Molly demanded that he stay with them and learn to make a crown, which he responded to with an enthusiastic yes after he received an approving nod and smile from Molly's mother.

Molly had placed the finished flower crown on Hannibal's head and he placed his finished one on her head. She squealed and clapped and jumped around, beaming from ear to ear.

She included him in all of the games, danced with him to some incessantly annoying children's music that she seemed to love, and when Hannibal and Alana had to go back home, she cried and held onto his leg for dear life. Hannibal also seemed sad to leave her, but promised her that he would be back one day and handed her the present he got for her. It was a simple necklace with a pendant in the shape of an "M" on it.

Alana would never know that the little girl reminded him so much of his little sister that he once had.

Later that night, Alana came out of the bathroom and climbed into bed, snuggling up next to Hannibal.

"You were great with Molly today." she tells him.

"Was I? I thought I was just being friendly."

"That may be, but you were still great with her." she smiled.

They sat there for a few minutes in companionable silence, Hannibal reading a book on psychiatry.

"We've never talked about having kids." she told him.

Hannibal set his book down on the nightstand and turned his head to look at her. "That is very true. Why haven't we?"

"I don't know. Never came up."

They had been married for almost a full year, and they had never even discussed the topic of starting a family.

"Would you like to talk about it now?"

"Yeah, I'd like to talk about it now."

"Alright. Is there something on your mind?"

Alana sighed. "Us bringing a life into this world would be difficult. We're both practicing psychologists and are rarely ever home. If we had a baby, one of us would have to be home with it for the first few months until we could get someone to watch it for us."

"You and I both make enough money on our own to support the two of us, perhaps even a third. Taking a few months off would not be as tragic as you believe."

"But I don't want to have to stay at home."

"Then we could take turns every day or every week. I don't see a problem."

Alana huffed and sat up. "But I don't know how to take care of a baby, Hannibal."

"Then we would learn. I am also very unfamiliar with raising a child, but that's part of being a parent."

Alana looked at him. "Do you want to be a father?" she asked quietly.

"Yes. Do you want to be a mother?"

A smile crept up onto Alana's lips. She nodded.

"I feel as though there's something more to this conversation."

Alana's smile grew wider. She nodded again.

Hannibal's face dropped and his eyes widened. "Alana…"

She couldn't hold it in any longer. "Hannibal, I'm pregnant."

A/N: Reviews are always appreciated.