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I.
when he was a little girl he wore dresses and stayed in the corner at birthday parties
(when he was invited to birthday parties)
playing with the dolls, dressing and undressing
this was the first time
his first gilfriend had an ugly face or so he was supposed to understand
but she never went anywhere without her pencil skirts and 5 inch heels
and she crushed his hand under one of them when he asked
and patterns repeat themselves
II.
the first time he met him hannibal was elegant
but in his office, in this outfit, he looks like something out of a movie
nobody dresses like that in real life
and yet
he looked rumpled and washed up next to him
an inelegant khaki grey mess
a picture of banality
he feels confusedly angry at that impeccability
the barely disguised superiority it represents
but even more at his toning down his outfits for the field
there is another murder and another girl dying
and she grips hannibal’s shirtsleeve
there is a sickening rip as the fabric is torn apart
and will closes his eyes
and tries not to think of the gaping hole
and for a moment, he hates the girl pleading more than he has ever hated anything
the next day dr. hannibal lecter invites him for dinner
III.
he is sitting at the table and he is wearing a red dress
he has been invited for dinner
he has to be presentable
it’s beautiful and smooth and tight but he is not supposed to wear it
he feels antsy and unsuitable
the table seems miles long and at the other end is hannibal
he has prepared a meal
and he is watching
he is waiting patiently and will is not sure he is worthy
one bite is all it takes and the contract will be sealed
he looks down at his plate and in it is the face of the man he killed
he takes his fork and knife
he eats it
it tastes good
and he wakes up, hard and trembling
then it’s the evening and he is at hannibal’s home and “come on, I have to show you something”
his suits are there
a dressing room full of them
a color spectrum on coat hangers
a color spectrum of hanged men
all this fabric
he feels dizzy
he looks and hannibal is standing at the door
“what do you think I should wear tonight?”
and will goes down on his knees
and hannibal smiles