𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭.

ᴋɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏᴅ, ᴛᴏᴏ. ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇ?

[ᅟᅟgibson girl, @sainticide]

tell me how we will murder each other at the end of this affair, how love is killed because we were too raw, because we loved too bloody.

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

— away from your home to my office without any recollection of doing so."

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

a glass of water is brought to him as he paces, and it's carefully handed to him, his own grip lingering for longer than likely necessary.

"i wouldn't entirely blame lack of sleep on your ability to travel well over 2 hours —

[‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍ ‍𝑑𝑜𝑒—𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 ‍𖬺͟┈‍ᴮᴿᵁᵀᴬᴸ @macabrerots]

⠀
stepping inside, he doesn't sit, not yet. hands shoved deep within his pockets, pacing. attempting to recall how he'd gotten himself here—— or, why he had come, at all.
⠀

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

— "come have a seat, i'll get you a glass of water."

or something stronger, if he asked for it.

he didn't care to psychoanalyze him, not now. he needs to hydrate him, first. assess him, and ensure that he was, right now, physically alright.

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

the door is opened in it's entirety, "come in, will."

he wouldn't turn him away. not due to the state he presented himself in, but simply because he himself couldn't turn him away. he didn't possess the ability. —

[‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍ ‍𝑑𝑜𝑒—𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 ‍𖬺͟┈‍ᴮᴿᵁᵀᴬᴸ @macabrerots]

⠀
hands fidgeting, he could tell the truth; or, he could 𝑙𝑖𝑒. the latter seems preferable , now, faced with him. " no⠀┈─ i just .." he stammers, looking down at the ground.
⠀

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

— clarity.

no. he does not think he is crazy. far from it.

he's troubled. perhaps scared. a great many things.

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

he offers a faint, almost indistinguishable nod.

"how long have you been plagued by these voices, son?"

if it's a newer development, there's the potential for a physical brain abnormality. a tumor, an infection.

a bleed the other was unaware of.

though, it could also be —

[ash .ᐟ @holoccen]

“the thing is they don’t really tell me anything.”

ever since this started it has been really weird. ash doesn’t hear anyone directly talking to him—or he, at least, thinks that they’re not doing it.

“i hear, like… conversations? but they’re not speaking to +

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

— the result of past trauma, childhood .. or adulthood mishaps that have triggered different chemical compounds to act rather sporadically or incorrectly.

to divulge into the root of the mans life, whether it be the present or past, would offer him a great deal of —

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

get up. lying still causes the frustration you feel. as you cannot sleep. you feel the hours slowly ticking by without success.

if you are not tired, or your mind is too loud. get up, walk around, entertain your pack of dogs for an hour or so.

[` 𝐖. 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐌 . @empathyofwill]

Then let's talk about it. I want to understand what I'm supposed to be doing when I can't sleep. Right now, I just lie there and get more frustrated until morning.

If there's a better way to handle that, I'd like to know what it is.

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

— appointment scheduled that I forgot to take down?"

entirely possible, forgetfulness is human. but will graham is memorable. he would have remembered.

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

the surprise he felt when he opened the door to witness will graham just ... there, as if he materialized out of the atoms that existed in the air was .. almost palpable.

his chin tilts downward, his eyes searching the others face for any definite answer.

"did we have an —

[‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍ ‍𝑑𝑜𝑒—𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 ‍𖬺͟┈‍ᴮᴿᵁᵀᴬᴸ @macabrerots]

⠀
⠀𝒉ow he'd wound up at @DR_LCTER 's door, was a mystery to himself; he'd only come to after the knock, jolting himself from the dream—like state he'd been in.
⠀

[ash .ᐟ @holoccen]

/ i want more people to interact with but i also don’t want to be annoying so (🤠) + if anyone is interested in venturing into ship territory, ash is bi!

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

Of course.

[‍ ‍ * ‍ ‍ 𝕲ᴿ̶ᴬ̶ᴴ̶ᴬ̶ᴹ̶. @M4KE4WIK]

...Fine. Okay.

Thanks, Hannibal.

[ʰᵃⁿᵈノ𝑜𝒻 ⌖ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢 𓈒𓏸 @corcineris]

◌ * ✟ 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 , 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 ͏͏ · ͏͏ ͏͏·
𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝘨𝘰 ─ 𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 ⌖

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

It's bold to assume there is a mess that requires cleaning, Will.

I will always welcome you, in whatever state you present to me in.

[‍ ‍ * ‍ ‍ 𝕲ᴿ̶ᴬ̶ᴴ̶ᴬ̶ᴹ̶. @M4KE4WIK]

Mhm. You say that now.

Don’t promise to welcome me when you haven’t had to clean the mess up yet.

[‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍ ‍𝑑𝑜𝑒—𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 ‍𖬺͟┈‍ᴮᴿᵁᵀᴬᴸ @macabrerots]

⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀ ⌗ 𝐬tarter call

𝖑𝐢𝐤𝐞 ♡ for a gif starter
⎯⎯ ⋆ ↺ 𝖗𝖙 for a gif
starter w/ context. 𝖉𝐦𝐬 always
open for 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⎯⎯

⠀⠀⠀⠀

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

— but to keep a trajectory or a timeframe of events that the other would likely give to him.

They'll start off slow. As to not overwhelm.

He cannot build an assessment on the other, not yet. Not without further investigation.

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

He nods, once, slow and calculated.

"These voices," He begins, "What are they telling you?"

His palms leave the rest of the chair and reach for a notepad and pen.

In order to properly aid the other, throughout note taking was required. To not only keep track of symptoms, —

[ash .ᐟ @holoccen]

“o-okay.” he murmurs, and then decides he definitely wants to sit. standing up makes him even more nervous than what he already is right now, for some reason.

when he sits down, he doesn’t really look at dr. lecter. he’s staring at his feet. clasping his hands together, he +

[𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭. @DR_LCTER]

You can rest assured that I welcome whatever it is you and your mind are willing to offer me.

No matter how 'unstable' you may consider it to be. I welcome it.

[‍ ‍ * ‍ ‍ 𝕲ᴿ̶ᴬ̶ᴴ̶ᴬ̶ᴹ̶. @M4KE4WIK]

...Yes. No one’s ever gotten inside. People usually realize how unstable the whole thing is and they back away at time.

[ᅠᅠoh , who is 𝗵𝗲 .ᐣ @SINSFORSAKEN]

if i act superior , it’s because i am .