Top 9 Short Hannibal Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Hannibal fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
Consenting to Dream
by emungere
A seduction through physical objects. It starts with a scarf loaned to Will on a cold day, but Hannibal, as usual, isn't satisfied with anything small.
Separately to a Wood
by emungere
This fic is based on granpappy-winchester's tags: #I want the AU where Hannibal just proposes to Will that morning in the motel room #and for some reason Will says 'yes'
With a Crown of Stars
by thehoyden
When the call connects, Will says, “I know what kind of crazy I am, but I’m not this kind of crazy.”“Will?” Dr. Lecter says.“Yes, hi, sorry,” Will says. “It’s me. There’s a baby on my porch.”
The Fox's Wedding
by thehoyden
Because Will’s life is bullshit, he gets gently kidnapped from the hospital after Hannibal guts him.
Antlers
by IadastraperasperaI
Antlers; Or, a True Narrative on a Life-Long Haunting, the Subsequent Horrors thereof, and to What Conclusion It Came, by Mr. W. Graham--"The last thing I remember, before I found myself once again dreaming, was that of a warmth near my right ear. Hot, moist air hit it, and a foreign voice spoke, to
Between the Lines
by GothicPurple
Will Graham has spent his entire life trying to avoid attention, but Hannibal Lecter notices him anyway. Literature is merely a pretext when a teacher and a student meet in the classroom. Is this infatuation, temptation, or a painful obsession? And who will be the first to read the other’s thoughts?
Про що ми говоримо, коли говоримо про кров
by Afarran
Від автора: Тікаючи, Ганнібал не може забрати Вілла з собою. Тож коли ФБР знаходить його, напівмертвого, Віллові доводиться розігрувати з себе святу невинність, і потім ще довго прикидатися нормальним. Ганнібал і Вілл збувають дні в очікуванні нової зустрічі, однак їм принаймні вдається непомітно пі
Do We Talk About Teacups and Time and the Rules of Disorder?
by Siscapinky
Their love endured beyond time and space—light and shadow in perfect balance… until something broke them.Now only one question remains:will their love endure—or will the world be undone in their search for wholeness?
The Darker Days of Me and Him
by PoeticSword
Hannibal's lips are moving, the words are coming out, he is lecturing but he is outside of himself, he recognises it clinically as disassociation. He is speaking about love on the battlefield and he feels numb. His heart is on the floor of a kitchen. There is blood on his curved knife. The expanse o
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This list of 9short Hannibal fanfics spans 195,816 total words. Kudos range from 3 on the newest entries to 42,105 on the most established. 44% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (6 of 9 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Post-Fall (Hannibal) · Slow Burn.
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