Ner words in this chapter: 2,139

"Talking"

'Thinking'

{Talking on the phone/over the fireplace}

{Text message}

–Parseltongue–

Thinking in 3rd person POV/Dream/Memory/Flashback/Others

Letter/Journal/Book/Newspaper

Time change/Date of time

Change of POV

Chapter XII

–The Proposal–

Monday, 7 October 2013

WG's POV

After the party and Harry's official paperwork as a Lecter to be signed, Will alongside Hannibal's help carried Snuffles' massive body through the living room – the dog starting to freak-out by passing the room – and then onto the backseat of his car.

"Tell Mr Dobby to properly wash out the blood." Will told Hannibal, who frowned back. "Dogs have higher senses than us and, even if we don't see, Snuffles can still smell it."

"How do you know of Dobby?" Hannibal argued.

"Harry 'lost control' and destroyed my classroom earlier today, only to call the house-elf to fix it up." Hannibal frowned as he looked back and Will smiled back amused. "A month ago I'd probably be the first to try to find all the proof that you did the other cases, now?" Will shrugged. "I could see him, you know? I was looking at Riddle and yet all I could see was Harry in the same exact spot looking back with his own eyes filled with mischief and smiling because he was caught doing what he shouldn't."

"Will you stop?"

Will looked at the car and then at Hannibal.

"I don't know. I do know one thing: I'm too deep. If you are ever caught, it's not just you that will go down. It's me, it's Harry and it's Abigail."

Hannibal nodded.

"I'm not stopping."

"Make sure you don't leave anything obvious behind then." He offered and entered the car.

Hannibal knocked on the window, so Will opened it with a raised eyebrow. The doctor took hold of Will's head and pulled it up into a kiss.

"Any time you need a new point of view onto your sociopaths, just tell me and I'll show it to you. Until then, I'm going to focus on Harry's and Abigail's wellbeing."

"And if I don't?"

Hannibal smiled back, before he stepped back.

"Oh, my dear Will, you will. And when you do? You'll be there with me." The Doctor promised. Will opened his mouth to argue, but Hannibal added. "That is My design."

Will's eyes grew and the doctor entered the house, closing the frontdoor. Will looked back at the black dog, before driving home. His dogs were asleep when he arrived, but woke up and came to help him at persuading the massive black dog up on his four feet and out the car. With Winston by it's side, Snuffles walked slowly towards a brush to do his necessities, before walking home. Will stayed quiet as Winston walked alongside Snuffles all the way upstairs, opened Harry's bedroom with it's paws – jumping on the handle to open it – and then guided the dog inside into his own bed, before siting besides him. The cat passed through Will's legs and run to the bed and laid down against Snuffle's chest. Winston moved to the other bed and laid down as well. Will let them, knowing that this was what the black dog needed. He went to his own room. When he woke up he had a call, it was his first good night sleep.

{This better be important.} He argued into the phone.

{It's past 9am.} Harry's voice argued. {Did I wake you up?}

Will groaned at realizing it was Harry. He got up and left the bedroom, to see all his dogs, cat and Snuffles by the bedroom door waiting for him.

{Snuffles is fine.} Will offered and Harry breathed relieved. {He is besides my own dogs and your kitty already making me a wait for their breakfast and morning walk.}

{Then he just needed a change of view?} Harry asked and Will hummed affirmatively as he descended and set up the food. {Thank you and I'm sorry for waking you up.}

Immediately Will could hear Hannibal on the other side, the cellphone was obviously passed along and then Hannibal was the one on the phone.

{Yes, Harry woke me up. And yes, I slept through the night.} Will agreed before his boyfriend and psychiatrist could ask. {Don't reprimand Harry. If he wouldn't the dogs would've.}

{We'll talk later during our appointment.} Hannibal agreed. {How do you feel?}

{For the first-time in a long time, well slept.} Will supplied. {Tell Harry to calm down. Snuffles is eating and Winston has taken him under his tail. He'll make sure that Snuffles moves.}

{I'll tell Harry.} Hannibal agreed. {I've to go now, I booked up some interviews for Harry's new Home Tutor and I can hear the doorbell.}

{Good luck.} Will offered before hanging-up. He opened the front-door and his mutts left in a hurry, only for him to see the teenage who now babysat them. "Good morning. You are here early."

"You are home late." She argued amused. "You should dress, Sir."

Will looked down and then nodded.

"Yes, I should. They just ate. The big black one belongs to Harry. He's his guide-dog. Snuffles."

The girl nodded and petted Snuffles when he approached her to sniff her belly.

"Sir?" She asked uncertain.

"He won't hurt the baby, if anything, he'll be overprotective." Will explained, before signalling inside and she nodded. He run up the stairs and quickly changed. When he returned downstairs, Thea was in the living room on the couch with a comb that she was using on the dogs, combing each one until whoever was close would get bored and the next one would approach for his time. "You don't need to do that."

"It's good practice." She argued amused.

Will opened his mouth to argue, only to then snort.

"Well if you'll manage to handle all of them, you'll definitely won't have issues with any future child." He agreed as he moved to the kitchen and set up breakfast. "Have you eaten?"

She started to nod, only for her belly to out her lie. Will sent her a reprimanding look and then set up two breakfasts.

"Sir, you already are paying my medical bills."

Will scoffed.

"Can you afford food?" He argued and shyly she shook her head. "From now on, anything that is on the kitchen you can eat, understood?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Good. Now go wash your hands. You shouldn't skip meals."

The girl stood and walked to the bathroom as Will's phone rang again. He looked to see Jack was the one ringing this time.

{What do you know of String Instruments?} Jack asked as soon as Will answered.

{Case?} Will argued and Jack hummed affirmatively. {I'm still at home. Where do you want me to go to?}

{Baltimore Philharmonic Orchestra.} Jack put in. {Did something happen with your dogsitter?} He asked as the girl returned and accepted her plate, going to sit down to eat.

{Yes, apparently the house she was put in by the Social Services don't even bother feeding her. I'm forcing her to have breakfast.}

Jack hummed.

{Give me a call when you enter the city.}

Will accepted and hung-up, sitting beside the girl and the two ate breakfast.

"What happened to the father?" Will wondered.

Thea looked up at him, turning deep red.

"He was my father's best friend. Married. I was drunk."

Will nodded, understanding. He picked his phone when it rang again.

{Yes?}

{Why did Jack call me asking about string instruments?} Hannibal asked.

Will scoffed.

{It's the new case. I told him I'd be late so he turned towards you.}

{Is there anything wrong with Miss Thea?}

{Who do you know in the Social Services?} Will asked instead as he stared at the shy girl.

{Several people. Why?}

{The house Thea was put in doesn't even bother feeding her. I'm making certain she has breakfast.}

Hannibal stayed quiet as Will could hear the two teenagers on the other side talking between each other over the visit that they had. Most likely talking of the possible tutor.

{I'll make some calls.} Hannibal agreed. {Can you pass the phone? I'll explain to her over how important eating is principally in such a risky pregnancy.}

Will passed the phone and the shy pregnant teenager accepted it as Will hurried to get ready to leave. By the time he arrived downstairs, the girl was looking through the cabinets and telling the ingredients to the Cannibal and taking out whatever the older would tell her. Eventually she hung-up and gave back the phone.

"He said that today he can't but tomorrow will come and teach me about how to set up my own meals."

"He is a Master Chef." Will agreed amused. "Even Harry, who is blind can bake some impressive cakes."

Will looked at the ingredients and then picked a piece of paper and quickly wrote down how to properly set up the rice and vegetables. Finally he nodded at het and drove to Baltimore. He arrived to find Harry and Abigail outside still discussing over the possible new tutors. Will nodded at Abigail, who nodded back and then he hurried inside. Hannibal was with Jack, looking at the dead body that had been turned into a string instrument.

"Good morning, Will."

"Good morning, Hannibal." Will agreed and looked at the strings and then at Jack, waiting for the introduction he was about to do.

Jack looked between the two and then raised an eyebrow back, to which Will nodded. Jack won an amused look and then started introducing the stranger as Will looked at its body and started seeing what the killer had seen.

–BT–

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

"I think Harry and Abigail should go Wolf Trap Virginia." Will argued and Hannibal looked back with a raised eyebrow. "I can't be the only one who can see that that spectacle was for you."

The doctor looked back for a good moment and then at the teenagers siting on Hannibal's car as they waited.

"You are most likely right. Harry wouldn't handle another attack…" the doctor took out his car keys and knocked on the car's window. Abigail opened it confused. "Do you have a license?"

"Yes." She agreed confused, only to grow even more confused at being handled the keys. "Sir?"

"I'm sure Harry would like to spend some hours with the dogs. And with this new case I can't drive you all over town."

The brunette girl looked at Harry and then nodded, moving to the driver's seat.

"We'll ring you when we arrive to let you know that we arrived safely." Harry put in as he put on his seatbelt.

Hannibal nodded and stepped back before Abigail drove the Doctor's car away. Will approached the other.

"Any idea who it could be?"

"I've met plenty of people during my visits to the opera house, one for example last Friday when I went with Harry and Abigail." He argued. "Actually, I was planning on bringing you on an outing next time."

Will blushed as they walked into his own car.

"I'm not much into music."

"I'll teach you." Hannibal offered with a kind voice. "Are you asking for my back-up to find your killer as Will or as FBI Agent?" The man added amused.

Will scoffed.

"I'm both."

"But one of you doesn't want my help." Hannibal argued pointedly.

Will looked back and then again to the road.

"Why do you want me to kill so much?"

"I don't want you to kill that much." Hannibal argued. "I want you to become my husband. My Murder Husband."

Will stuttered and the older had to take hold of the wheel to keep Will from creating an accident.

"That is so something that Freddie Lounds would call us." He grumbled. "Next time you hint on marriage I'd appreciate it'd be for real, I do not appreciate to be lead on."

"Park here." Doctor Lecter ordered and Will obeyed, parking before a music house. As Will took his seatbelt to leave the car, his face was grabbed and pulled into a kiss. When Hannibal opened the door and walked out Will looked at what the older had put on his hand, to see a ring. "I'm not someone to play with people's hearts." The older argued.

Will had a really hard time not to blush as he hurried out the car and to follow the Doctor into the music house. Inside they met a string player who Hannibal apparently had been introduced to by one of his patients.

(TBC)