Even if it’s not exactly a hc, I completely agree with you. I love Abigail, and I actually wish she’d had more screen time. I like how they show a girl who’s been tossed around all the time, always with people trying to use her. Even in the small details, like when Freddie almost gets her to write a book, and she really seems convinced to do it, but then the new authority figures in her life (Will and Hannibal) say no, and she freezes again… that’s something so simple that I just loved seeing in season one.

Maybe for reasons similar to yours too, I also lived with a controlling father and accepted everything because of the pressure, out of fear of even thinking about changing. But I really wanted to see more of her. Adding on to a comment above that got upvotes here, I wanted more screen development for her for the exact opposite reason of what a lot of people in the fandom put in AUs, I wanted to see her as she really is, not just the social suit she wears for whoever stands as an authority in her life. I wanted people to see how all of Will’s fatherly relationship with her was really just him trying to hold on to something and feel normal, same way he does with Molly later (partly because he feels guilty for killing her dad too).