Plot Thoughts - "Go Fuck Yourself"
(aka: "I'd like to see that")
Curt and Eddie are hanging out at Eddie's apartment, having a few casual drinks, just chatting, and Eddie's in the middle of telling Curt a story:
"---and then the guy says: Go fuck yourself," Eddie said, gesturing towards the past antagonist with his empty cup. "So I said: Buddy, you don't know what I'm capable of. Get lost."
Curt didn't laugh loudly like the guys at the Bugle had when he told the same story; Curt's warm chuckle was soft and classy, rich with the appropriate amount of approval that such a clever snap back deserved. Eddie let himself bask in amusement for a moment as Curt took a sip from his own glass, watching him thoughtfully from over the rim.
But then the other man threw him for a loop:
"I'd like to see that."
"What, me tell some random blowhard off?"
"No."
The single word hung in the air between them. A challenge. An opportunity.
"I'm not that impressive," Eddie waved him off with an uncomfortable laugh. When Curt's watchful stare didn't waver, he added: "Or that flexible."
"But you have Venom."
Right. Right, he had Venom. And that was what made the retort so good: the other guy *didn't* know what he-- what they --could do. Right?
He must have looked lost, because Curt finally blinked and progressed the conversation smoothly with a question so casual, they could both easily pretend that exchange hadn't happened.
"So then what did he do?"
"Oh, well---"
But Eddie couldn't let it go. The watchful stare that had pinned him to that moment, the implication that there had been something there, an invitation to something that he had somehow missed. It lingered in the back of his mind for the rest of the night, long after Curt had left and he had put himself to bed.
"...do you think he really meant it?" he finally asked out loud to the darkness.
[That he would like to watch you fuck yourself?] Venom asked back.
"I mean..." No. Absolutely not. Of Course not. "...maybe? Yeah?"
[Yes]
"But I can't," Eddie helplessly pointed out the obvious.
[But you have me] Venom countered in such a matter-of-fact tone that Eddie was now certain he was definitely missing something. That was exactly what Curt had said.
But unlike Curt, Venom lets him in on what he had missed...















