( ofsecondwinds . ) // eddie brock.
“hey, kid.” it’s not as though harry’s tiptoeing out of the apartment, trying to get away unseen, and eddie’s the parent who caught him. it’s not like that at all.
harry and marcus are adults, and eddie’s marcus’ roommate, sure, but what they get up to is their business. even though eddie did sort of catch harry trying to tiptoe out of the apartment in the morning, presumably back to his own place to shower, get changed, whatever.
even if harry’s got v’s kid, or alternate self, or whatever, inside of him, that doesn’t make eddie responsible for him. though trying to tell himself - and more importantly, the symbiote - that… doesn’t always work.
“how’s the thing going with baby v? you uh… you told marcus yet?” he’d disclosed their extra roommate pretty early on - it’s his house, god damn it, if he wants to walk around with his symbiote out, he should be able to do so - and marcus had… taken it surprisingly in stride. either that, or he’d had a breakdown somewhere where eddie couldn’t hear him.
“v’s not giving you any trouble about what you’re eating, right?” after all the trouble he and his own symbiote had gone through trying to align their diets, he’s hoping to save harry some of the trouble.
harry’s fine ! everything’s fine, it’s all good, absolutely nothing is wrong, & there’s not a single thing weird about the fact that eddie happened to stumble upon him half-awake as he tries to make it out of the apartment.
“ hi, eddie, ” he does not wince because he knows it’s not a scolding. it’s not weird if you don’t make it weird. it’s not weird if you don’t make it weird.
at least this part of his life, harry can handle. this small sense of normality where he can just be a normal guy with a normal boyfriend with normal concerns. not harry osborn, the son of norman osborn, but just… harry. but with his dad here, he knows his hopes for normality will be soon shattered. he’s just preparing for the fallout, at this point.
at the mention of his name, harry immediately hears vee buzzing, DAD !, in his skull. it echoes in his skull before he hears a tiny, OUT ? as harry sighs a little. “ vee’s been okay, still gets frustrated when he can’t go out when i’m at work or school, but… ” he shrugs helplessly. “ it was less of me telling marcus, & moreso: vee telling marcus. ” not that harry hadn’t planned to tell marcus himself, but vee really wanted to meet him.
“ so far vee’s been happy with some human foods… he’s really into popcorn, for some reason ? ” harry smiles weakly, before looking at his hands, “ i’ve been keeping him on raw meats for a while. it’s been working. he still asks to eat daily, but at least he’s asking. ”
harry feels uneven, like he can’t quite breathe right, but it’s not vee, he knows, just him being far too lost in his thoughts as always. with his dad here, it’s dangerous. if his dad knows there’s not just one symbiote in amber falls. they could get experimented on. & if that ever happens, harry could never, would never, forgive himself. his voice is meek, soft, as he looks up, trembling a little, “ my dad’s here. by the way. ”