Fic: "She Had Something Savage Coursing Under Her Skin"

[redbrunja]

Title: She Had Something Savage Coursing Under Her Skin
Author: redbrunja
Rating: PG-13
Warning: implied cannibalism.
Characters: Abigail, Hannibal.
Author's Note: written for bellonablack.
Summary: Boys looked like prey to Abigail.


Her first semester at college, she took Early American History and there was a boy who sat behind her every class for three weeks straight.

"I'm Ethan," he introduced himself the first day, hanging over the back of the seat next to her.

"Abigail," she responded before turning back to face the teacher.

"You're really pretty," he said the next class, so close she could tell he used Axe body wash.

"Thanks," Abigail responded, scotting to the edge of her seat.

Then:

"You smell nice," he whispered another time, breath hot on her ear.

"My perfume is new," she'd said, remembering the cool kiss of the glass stopper as Hannibal had dragged it across her wrists, the reverent expression as he'd inhaled just above her hands. She smiled without meaning to, and Ethan shifted closer, toyed with the edge of her scarf. She tugged it out of his hands.

Then:

He spent the entire class period trying to pull of her scarf when the teacher wasn't looking.

Then:

"I dig the knee socks.... are you wearing any underwear under that skirt?"

Then:

"Good evening, Abigail," Hannibal said. She pressed her phone closer to her ear, memorizing the way he crisply articulated the words over the line, the way his accent clung to the syllables. "How are you finding university?"

"It's going well, mostly," she responded. "I was wondering– are you busy this weekend? There is someone I'd like to bring home for dinner."

Comments

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

. . . it's a sign of how this show twists the brain that my main concern is that the Axe body wash might affect the taste of the meat near the skin.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking his kidneys are the best bet. His liver is probably already pickled.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Kidneys are reliable; maybe the heart, for the irony.

[bellonablack.livejournal.com]

....I love how you took this prompt here. I like that it is that together and intimate and she doesn't let anyone prey on her, she preys on them.

And all this very casual and fatherly concern. I can imagine the look. Seriously I appreciate that you took Abigail here. This is how I see her. Thank you for writing this for me.:)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That is really exactly what I want to see from the series - Abigail remaining similar personality wise but going after people who need to die.

[streussal.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes. (I don't actually want Abigail to become a serial killer in series, but manipulative survivor instincts? Yeah.)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment!

[stainofmylove.livejournal.com]

Ha! This is so terrible and charming, just as it should be <333

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thank you!