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Jack Vettriano 1995
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"HELLO Dr.Lecter"
"Hello Miss Mallory"
She found herself there again, standing in front of him, almost not believing the image reflected in her sapphire blue eyes.
He was there again, watching her in front of him, behind a bulletproof glass, trying to convince himself that this time it was real. The coldness of that room embraced her completely as she attempted to helplessly continued standing and not faint at that nostalgic sight.
Hannibal was quiet, maybe still admiring that his plan had worked, or mesmerized by her vision overall. "This different hairstyle looks good on you."
She touched lightly a curly brown strand of her own hair when she heard his words. The truth is Alice barely knew how to react or how to even breathe in his presence, even more witness a compliment from him. It's not like the time she'd hear those words or blush, maybe even kiss or hug him in a way to appreciate his gesture, no, she was a married woman now, and she planned to continue faithful to her husband not surrender herself to that seductive monster again.
It was weird how they were so close and intimate and now were nothing to each other, like all that happened was in a different and dreamlike other life.
"I like the jumpsuit." She pointed to his inmate uniform, unable to say something actually useful. Hannibal smirked slightly. "You know...the white and all. Very...clean." He almost laughed.
How much he missed her, just seeing her there brought a fresh air of life he never expected he needs so badly.
"I didn't expect you'd really come." He admitted, analyzing her delighting figure. She was so adorable, so beautiful just as when he left her. The style was different, the hair curlier, the body curvier, maybe gained more weight looking even more gorgeous, healthy, and he caught himself hoping she could open that beautiful smile to him only so he could admire her again.
"You didn't leave me much choice, did you?" Alice buried her hands in her pants' pockets. "But now I'm here."
"Yes, you are." He said, trying not to smile like a goofy boy in love.
It took a moment for any of them to gain the courage to speak again. It was almost funny how shy they were after all they went through, but also sad for the distance that was created by a simple glass wall between them.
"Now you can tell Will the truth, about what you're hiding." She continued, trying not to lose herself in his eyes.
"Did Will ask you to come here?" Hannibal asked, realizing the situation didn't seem very likely to him.
