After The Fall - Hannigram

Without You

"Hello? Can you hear me?" A faint voice crept into Hannibal's ear. Hannibal was blinded by the sunlight as he tried to open his eyes. "We need to get you two to a hospital..." The voice walked away. Hannibal sat up with the searing pain still though his stomach. He held his stomach with his hand and rubbed his eyes with the other. His first thought was Will. He rapidly looked around to be sat on the deck of a small boat. Straight ahead was fishing nets and crates to the side of him.                           

"Will?" Hannibal whispered. Hannibal stood up slowly and in a lot of pain, he lifted up his wet jumper to see a bandage on the wound through his stomach. He stumbled as the waves crashed upon the side of the boat.                                                                                                                                                                      

"You shouldn't be up, sit back down." A tall man walked towards Hannibal in water proofs. He spoke with an English accent and had dark eyes and hair.                                                                                          

"Where am I, what happened? Where's Will" Hannibal painfully walked towards the man. The man held onto Hannibal and sat him back down but Hannibal was being resistant.                                               

"I found you and your friend back on them cliffs over there-" The man pointed behind Hannibal, Hannibal turned around to see the sea front and the dark cliffs. "You were both passed out so I got you both onto my boat, and if you're referring to your friend he is fine, slight hypothermia, but he will recover..." The man sat down beside Hannibal to try and comfort him. A tear rolled down Hannibal's cheek and off his chin. He sniffed,                                                                                                                                  

"Can you please show me him?" Hannibal said with a soft voice, the man stood up and helped Hannibal up as he walked him down the stairs into the foot of the boat.

"He's just through there, I'm not sure if he is awake." The man let go of Hannibal's arm. Hannibal pushed the door open to see Will lying on a bed looking towards the ceiling. Hannibal was cautious as he wondered over to the bed and sat on the edge. Will was dressed in a jumper and joggers, his hand lay flat on his chest whilst he breathed slowly in and out. Will didn't move his head or his eyes as Hannibal sat beside him. A tear appeared in the corner of Will's eye and trickled down his cut cheek. They both sat in silence for a little while.                                                                                                                     

"Why did you save me?" Will's voice was broken and fragmented as his tried to speak, still eyes attached to the ceiling. Hannibal looked up to Will as tears streamed down his face.                             

"Why do you think?" Hannibal wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.                                                           

 "I didn't need to be saved." Will showed no remorse as he refused to look at Hannibal.                       

 "Yes you did..." Hannibal said with more confidence in his voice. "What was I supposed to do, just leave you to drown?"                                                                                                                                                           

"Yes!" Will said loudly turning his head and eyes to Hannibal, Will pulled himself up so he was half sat up in the bed not breaking eye contact with him. "I'm the one who threw us off the cliff, I'm the one that wanted us to die Hannibal. What part of that don't you understand" Hannibal shocked by Will's reply was taken back and was confused.                                                                                                                               

"I don't underst-"                                                                                                                                                                       

"Look Hannibal..." Will cut Hannibal off but his voice softened. "Because I can't live with you and I can't live without you, there was no other way. If you had left me to die I wouldn't have to deal with this any more, with any of this. Now as soon as we reach the shore you are going to get taken away from me again and I'm not sure whether I can take that again Hannibal. I can't, sorry I just can't do it..." The blood from Will's cuts merged with his tears as they fell from his distraught face. Hannibal's heart sunk in his chest, without saying a word Hannibal stood up.                                                                          

"You want to know why right? Why I saved you? It doesn't matter how insane people think I am Will, I'm not a monster. I am still able to love." Hannibal walked out of the room.