John Kramer and Hannibal Lecter finding out their female S/O is scared of the dark?
Yes! My older, stingy boys ❤️
* John is good in situations when you’re in fear. He’d remind you that you’re safe and nothing could hurt you, he’ll wrap you in his arms and let you cry your eyes out while he tries to shuffle the both of you over to the nearest light source. In all honesty, he finds your nyctophobia a little bit silly and unnecessary, but he’ll never say that out loud. He understands that in this point in time you’re legitimately fearing for your life, and would not ever try and poke and prod at you while you’re at such a low point in your life.
* forehead kisses will be a must in this relationship. He’s not big on the whole affection area, he’d much rather just revel in your presence, but he understands that when someone is so sensitive in terms of such a big thing in the world, they’ll need a lot of love and support. When he notices you looking a little bit warily outside when the sun is coming down, he’ll turn all the lights on, close the curtains and give you an affectionate kiss on the forehead to let you know that you’re safe and the big bad monsters in the dark won’t get you.
* he’d take your whole ‘nyctophobia’ as you already experiencing a life threatening situation. Hell, you’d be experiencing it every day! He’s sad that you practically fear for your life every time the lights go out, but he’s glad because at least that means you appreciate the life you currently have.
* the psychology behind the fear of darkness is the fear of the unknown, the fear of something that the human mind is unable to understand, so taking that fact into perspective, Hannibal will be less than concerned when it comes to you and your fear. He’ll be compassionate when you’re afraid, yes, but it’s only because he’d rather you not be so unnecessarily squeamish as he finds it quite irritating.
* he’ll have the decency to let you have a night light on your side of the bed, something to keep you sane just in case you wake up during the pitch black nights and are unable to get back to sleep due to fear. Sometimes you’ll roll over on your side and poke and prod at Hannibal to wake him up, but that’s only when you’re in your most hysterical moments, and it’s only to let him know that you need cuddles, of which he’ll happily oblige in.
* sometimes when you’re turning the lights off downstairs to go to bed, your imagination will conjure up some figure in the doorway and scare the living shit out of you. That would be around the time when Hannibal would walk in to find you curled up on the floor sobbing your eyes out. He’d pick you up and take you to bed, whispering about how good you’ve been and how you’re so brave, et cetera. Basically anything that’d make yourself feel better about being so afraid. Hey, he was a therapist once, so he’ll be good in terms of conversation when it comes to your fear (all the while speaking with his eerily charming grin).
