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1. In Loco Parentis by grimweaper

   Fandoms: Hannibal (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   28 Oct 2025

   Tags

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   • Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter
   • Hannibal Lecter
   • Will Graham
   • Character Study
   • Psychoanalysis
   • Therapy
   • Will Graham Needs a Hug
   • Will Graham needs therapy
   • Past Trauma
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Dubious Ethics
   • Unethical therapy
   • unconventional therapy
   • Manipulation
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hannibal Lecter is Obsessed with Will Graham
   • Daddy Issues
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Sexual Tension
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Will Graham Has Daddy Issues
   • but that’s okay because hannibal has a daddy kink
   • only suggested i just thought that was a funny tag
   • loosely set during season 1

   Summary

   In Loco Parentis
   /ɪn ˌləʊkəʊ pəˈrɛntɪs/
   adverb: in the place of a parent

   One office. Two chairs. Four sessions.

   A slow, psychological unraveling of what happens when Hannibal traces the contours of Will's childhood and finds, within them, the perfect shape of his need.

   Will has never known what care feels like.

   Hannibal knows exactly what to offer.

   Language:

   English

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   25,136

   Chapters:

   4/4

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