Will's desperation is sweetly intoxicating, and Hannibal decides that things need not stop with a kiss. They have a great deal of travel ahead of them, which would be tiring in the best of situations, never mind the stress of being on the run from the law. There will be so little time or energy for anything physically intimate until they have arrived and settled a bit in Paris, and Hannibal is not generally one to pass on an opportunity for a pleasurable experience.

He also has an exceedingly strong desire for Will, made all the more intense by the kiss.

Hannibal parts his lips and deepens the kiss, pressing close while beginning to undo the buttons on Will's shirt.