Date: 6 Mar 2023 23:23 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Eyebrows)
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Well, wolf form, technically. But Will played frisbee with her, so she'll forever be 'dog' to him.

"Yeah, he's not doing well," Will replies, matter-of-factly. "I'm...actually not sure I read him right? Which is a weird feeling. But I definitely understand trying your hardest to be 'better' and getting nowhere with it."

Date: 7 Mar 2023 15:53 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Amusement)
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Will gives Malcolm a wan smile. "Hope so. He's a bit much for me, like staring directly at the sun, but I like him."

He's...still looking at Malcolm, tired smile still on his face. It's unusual for Will to hold eye contact this long. "And how about you and me? Do we have a rapport, you think?"

Date: 7 Mar 2023 17:25 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Success)
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Will wasn't expecting a response so earnest, and his smile widens. He's both surprised and flattered.

"Yeah? I had hoped I didn't ruin a friendship from the beginning, by becoming your patient. Sounds like we still understand each other, even through the professional veil." It's a familiar dynamic that Will had found himself slipping into immediately.

Date: 7 Mar 2023 19:22 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Smile-ish)
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Will's smile grows warmer. He has gotten to the point where he really doesn't want to be concerned about medical ethics. Or any ethics but his own, really. Having this be an informal chat takes much of the sting out of Alana's initial rejection.

"Well, I am happy to continue chatting with you, with a clinical bent. Maybe I would've tried psychology out on my own, if I'd had heard it could make the constant analysis less upsetting." He raises his eyebrows and playfully asks, "Is there anything you want to talk about?"

It's a serious offer, but can easily be played off as a joke, if Malcolm desires.

Date: 7 Mar 2023 19:57 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Amusement)
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"Oh, they found out," he sighs, thinking of how Price or Zeller would've handled that sort of information. Or Katz. "Glad you had a little time before the family albatross was placed once more around your neck. But for me-"

He shifts in his seat a little. "What I studied mostly came from trying to figure out what was wrong with me. You can call me gifted or cursed- it's just a matter of perspective. What I've got is so unique that when the head of the- it's called the BAU where I'm from. The head needed me, no matter how otherwise unqualified I was." Will smirks. "So, it might have more to do with the state of the unit, honestly."

Date: 7 Mar 2023 21:49 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Talk Therapy)
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Will blows out a long breath. Yeah, he can just imagine that sort of situation happening. Except he'd envision it back when he was working homicide in Louisiana. Hmmm.

"How big was your unit? Ours was like, five people. Including me. Six if Hannibal was there." There wasn't exactly competition at Will's work.

Date: 8 Mar 2023 20:09 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Look)
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Sometimes when Will is listening really closely, he just stops moving. This is one of those times, and as he's listening, he envisions what that's like. No handler, but no team, either. Pushing your way through it on your own, with only whoever you're helping this week to bounce off of. Will has been lonely enough here- the job would've been torturous if it relied on Will alone to keep it up.

He's thinking about unfairness and fame-seeking and familial connections when Malcolm brings up Hannibal. Will blinks and sits up as he finally makes it back to the moment. "Not all of them were his, but- yes. I'm sure he was having a great time, watching us stumble around. Watching me start following his trail."

Date: 8 Mar 2023 22:14 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Huh)
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"Yeah, I can't blame you. I'd be worried about that, too. I'd get enough suspicion from my team when I'm at a crime scene, something like that would feel-"

He sighs. It would feel similar to when Katz was taking the dirt from under his nails, asking him what the crime scenes really felt like to him. And him having to admit that it seemed like he was responsible.

That's too much for this current line of conversation. He shakes his head. "Well, there was a reason you changed your name, right? Don't want people looking at you like they understand why you're the Weird Murder Guy. Too bad you couldn't go, though. It sounds like one of those closed-case bonding moments I've heard so much about."

Date: 9 Mar 2023 00:25 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Not Here)
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The look that Will gives Malcolm is truly sympathetic. "Did your mentor know it would spur you to go back? Talk to him again?"

Date: 9 Mar 2023 00:40 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Argument)
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"He should've kept you out of it entirely," Will snaps, his voice low and warning.

And that happens so suddenly, it seems to surprise even him. He sighs and shakes his head, putting a hand up in apology. "Sorry, I- that's my issues. I understand not being able to put it down, after that." He huffs out a breath and continues. "Was this copycat someone your father had been involved with? Or an 'admirer'?

Date: 9 Mar 2023 03:06 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Not Quite Done Yet)
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This is the first time Will's had an outburst and the conversation actually moved on from it. There's a small, telling look of relief on his face as Malcolm goes into more detail. Will appreciates it, Malcolm.

And it makes the subject a lot easier to focus on. "I don't know your father, obviously, but that sounds likely. Hannibal loved turning his patients into murderers. And he loved pointing those murderers to spaces that served his interests."

He lets that sit for a second, then looks up at Malcolm and asks carefully, "How was it, talking to your father again?"

Date: 9 Mar 2023 18:34 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Questioning)
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'Just like I remembered' is about what Will expected to hear, and he can fill in the silence for himself. He's well acquainted with that swirl of emotions that shouldn't coexist together.

But hearing about how much Malcolm saw The Surgeon-- "They let you visit him from 11 years old on? The son who turned him in?" Will's eyebrows are raised. "He must've pulled something to manage that."

Date: 9 Mar 2023 19:11 (UTC)
empathicfault: (Observation)
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So not Martin's doing, probably. Just likely a terrible decision. People made those all the time. "And did it help your...problems, at all?"

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