He'd almost given up. Not out of desire. For his mind was the one thing »
Bewildered he froze as if he'd been dipped in liquid nitrogen -- frozen like a Michelangelo sculpture; muscles bulging due to being overworked, caught »
Will could not breathe efficiently judging by the ragged sound of his inhales verses exhales. Perhaps he stopped breathing entirely. It was »
It took a while but »
"I need you, Hannibal."
He nodded »
He knew what those words did to Hannibal. How he loved to hear them. So he repeated once again in whisper, offering himself, verbally pleading Hannibal to abuse his »
"I need you."
Oh, and the beauty of it was that it was true. Will could not have survived, would not survive, without Hannibal.