Was it friendship

it was sum of dat gay shit

>>87347972
Hannibal was drawn to Will because of his empathy disorder. He ruthlessly experimented on him using Will's own brain disease to see what he could do with him. When he realised that he could make Will become a killer he grew more interested in Will and became less interested in him as a test subject and more as an opportunity. When Will finally ends up murdering another man and enjoying it, it it's not because that's what lurked in him all along, it's because Hannibal moulded Will's psyche into a mirror image so that he could have a partner to slaughter people with.

Hannibal's not in love with Will, he's in love with himself.