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Hannibal answers Jack’s call,” Hello, Jack. What can I help you with? ” He’s finishing up a drawing of what he imagines Will being naked looks like. He hopes he’s calling for something important and not wasting his time. He isn’t trying to be short with him, but it’s hard since Will skipped out of the therapy yesterday.
“I’m worried about Will because he stopped answering my calls last night and this morning. There’s a case, and he went AWOL at the wrong time. As you’re his therapist, I want you to do a home check-up, then call me with an update.”
Hannibal takes a deep breath because he hates being told what to do, and how Jack is barking out orders to him. On the other hand, he’s starting to get concerned for Will and wants to make sure he’s okay. He breaks down and says,” Okay, I will do a house check-up. I will either call or text you when I find anything out.”
They say their goodbyes, then Hannibal cancels all his appointments for the rest of the day. He hopes Will isn’t broken down or harmed himself. He quickly gets into his car and drives to Will’s house. Once he gets to the house and walks up to the door, he gently knocks and asks, “Will, are you in there? I’m coming in if there’s no answer.”
He opens the door and looks around. The dogs are in their place, so he walks towards Will’s bedroom. He sees Will sucking on a plain pacifier and in his underwear. His face softened and said,” Oh sweet baby boy. How long have you been little? Since last night?”
“Yeah, Daddy.” He plays with the bottom of his shirt while looking up at Hannibal; his daddy seems so tall to him. He doesn’t think about what would happen if he called Hannibal his daddy. That’s why he’s in little space because of too much stress from the cases that Jack puts him through.
He sits down on the bed beside Will, “Can I ask why you go little, baby? We have to get you some better clothes and pacis. We can’t have you running around with plain things. You deserve to have the best of the best, beloved.”
“Too much stress.” He nods about the last part and lays on Hannibal’s lap. He sucks on his paci while Hannibal pets his hair.
Hannibal takes his phone and sends a quick text to Jack that Will is okay, and he needs to be off until further notice. He puts his phone on do not disturb because he doesn’t want to deal with Jack poking and prodding. “You won’t have to worry about any stress, moving forward.”
He keeps petting Will’s hair until he falls asleep, then smiles down while looking at him. He gets onto his phone and starts ordering some specialized pacifiers. Two of them are like covered in blue gems, then in the middle the charm of a blue bottle with Little One on the handle and another look like a plain looking one with in the middle says mute button with mute symbol. He moves onto some onesie. One of them has cute puppies on them and another has a Halloween theme with ghosts, bats, and skulls on them. He wants to keep buying and spoiling Will, but he needs to know Will actually accepts him as his daddy.< br />
He lays down with Will and moves Will into the small spoon position. He couldn’t help himself and kiss Will’s cheek. He hums a song from his childhood, so Will can feel cozy and safe with him.
After a couple of hours of cat nap, Will wakes up and looks at the arm around him. His eyes widened when he saw Hannibal’s arm and what he said to Hannibal. He hopes he won’t judge or look down on him for regressing down to a kid age for stress.< br />
Hannibal asks, thinking Will is still in little space,“Good that you’re awake. Are you hungry or want something to drink?”
“I’m fine right now. We need to talk about what happened, and I’m sorry that I put you in an uncomfortable spot. I didn’t intend for you or anyone to see that.” He nervously laughs and rubs his neck. He doesn’t look into Hannibal’s eyes in fear of what he might see.
He puts his finger under Will’s chin to make him look in the eyes and says, “You didn’t make me uncomfortable at all, Will. In fact, if you feel comfortable with it, I would like to be your caretaker or your daddy. A little should not be themselves while they’re in little space. You deserve much more than that. I already let Jack know that you’re fine, and you aren’t going to work for a couple of days because of stress. He doesn’t know anything more than that.”
Will bites his lip and thinks for a second how Hannibal already took on the daddy role for him. “Okay, you can be my daddy. You’re doing a great job at it already. It’s like you were made for this role.”
Hannibal smiles and says, “Good, and I already got you some things when you’re little.” He pulls up his order and carefully not shows the price, so Will won’t get upset by it. He knows Will isn’t used to being spoiled, but he can’t wait to get him used to it.
“Thank you, but you don’t have to spoil me. I know you want to have at it, Daddy.” He leans into his new daddy and cuddles into his chest.