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Title: From Innocence To Experience
By: angstytimelord
Pairing: Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham
Fandom: Hannibal
Rating: PG-13
Table: 1drabble
Prompt: 34, Innocence
Author's Note: Sequel to "That Single Brief Kiss."
Disclaimer: This is entirely a product of my own imagination, and I make no profit from it. I do not own the lovely Hannibal Lecter or Will Graham, unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while. Please do not sue.

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"Why did you kiss me?"

Will had turned to him, his voice shaking slightly, his blue eyes wide. Hannibal simply looked at him, his lips curving into a smile, not answering.

The truth was, he wasn't sure that he had an answer. Not one that he could put into so many words, anyway. He didn't think Will would understand his reasons for that kiss; if he tried to explain why he had done it, then it would feel as though it had been somehow cheapened.

He didn't want to explain his reasoning, and he didn't think he could. It annoyed him that Will wanted an explanation. Some things were better left unsaid.

But he knew that Will wouldn't give up until he heard something.

So he had to come up with a reason for that kiss, a reason that would sound plausible to Will's ears, a reason that he would accept and be able to live with.

What could he say that Will would believe? He almost wanted to tell the young man the truth, to let Will know exactly how he felt, and just what that kiss had taken place.

Why shouldn't he? Hannibal asked himself. Why shouldn't he give Will the truth? It wouldn't hurt him to know, and then his feelings would be out in the open. There was nothing wrong with telling Will the truth. Perhaps it would be a good thing for him to know what he was dealing with.

"I kissed you because you are innocent, Will," he said, his voice soft and husky. "I value that innocence. I want to shape it, to nurture it, to take you from innocence to experience. I want to be the man who you choose to give yourself to, and the man who you let yourself .... have feelings for."

There. He had said it. Now it only remained to be seen just what Will would do. Hannibal had no idea what reaction his words might precipitate.

Would Will turn and run away? Would he not be able to handle what he had just heard? Or would he stand his ground, take a step forward, and meet his destiny?

For he was Will's destiny. He had no doubts about that.

He would guide and shape this young man, turn Will into what he wanted him to be. And along the way, Will would become the perfect lover.

Will was the one he had waited for, the one his soul hungered for. He would keep this young man by his side, make Will become all that he had the potential of being. And he would make sure that Will enjoyed every step of that journey; he would make it worth the other man's time.

Of course, he would enjoy it himself, he thought as he gazed at the young man standing in front of him, waiting for Will's reaction to what he'd just been told.

He could hardly wait to hear what Will was going to say.

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