Shi-Toyu Called Me Out
since @shi-toyu came at me with this post I decided to steal a section and write it for them. Hope you like it Love, we’re too far down the rabbit hole now. Also I really hope you get to see the movie, you’re going to love them even more after you do.
“Sir! There’s an intruder!”
Tony nearly fell of his chair at JARVIS’s frantic voice. It’s been so quite lately…
“What do you–” Tony stood up and felt something move beside him. But that shouldn’t be possible, “–mean?
As if he was stuck in a dramatic movie scene, he turned to see this – this thing standing right next to him. It’s jet black, ink-like body stood at least a meter taller than him. The eyes were cloudy grey slits and held no expression. Rows of teeth, sharp and huge opened to reveal a slimy red tongue that twisted in front of him.
“hELlo ToNy.”
As soon as the creature spoke his name his hands moved to call his suit using his bracelets.
…His wrist are bare. Panicked he looked down to see his greatest fear. His iron man bracelets weren’t there.
Right now he was alone with an alien creature and no protection.
He couldn’t breathe.
“helLO?”
It reached for him, giant claw like hands moving to grab him.
It’s almost funny how well gravity and panic worked together because as soon as it touched him he was falling back and scrambling away.
Everything was moving too fast and not moving at all. His body moved on its own yet he couldn’t get his breath back.
His back connected with something and he turned, were there more aliens? Did they come back?
He killed them! With the nuke, he hit the mother ship and stopped the army.
You know there’s more out there.
But he did it, they won. Steve said so.
Just because you ‘won’ the battle doesn’t mean you won the war.
No.
They’ll come back.
No – NO!
“–ony! Listen to–”
You’ll lose.
NO!
They’ll die. All of them.
NO! PLEASE!
“–breathe, come on! Ton–”
You let them die.
“NOOOOOOOOO–”
“TONY!”
Familiar hands grabbed his shoulders, snapping him out of his panicked state.
“Tony breathe!” Right that’s a thing humans do. Tony choked and coughed as his body tried to remember how to function properly. Eyes watering and fumbling to hold on to the person in front of him. It took him a moment to calm down and even then he was still shaking.
“God Tony, I’m so sorry. I knew something like this would happen! Fuck, this is all my fault.”
Tony should be excused for not getting it right away but then again…he is a genius.
“Wait a minute, are you trying to tell me you’re that – that…” He couldn’t even give a name to what he saw.
But Eddie, his boyfriend – are they even still together? – just hung his head guiltily.
“Yeah.”
Quite honestly Tony didn’t know what to think but he needed answers now before he end up having another panic attack.
“Explain.”
It’s complicated. Eddie Brock was Eddie fucking Brock and found himself as a permanent hose to this alien symbiote – thing.
“I can’t believe this happened to you…”
“You can’t blame me, I mean I am dating Iron Man.” Tony couldn’t help the feeling of relief at hearing Eddie say they’re still a couple. But it was short lived and instead he decided to glare down his reckless reporter boyfriend. “Too soon for jokes?”
Tony agreed, nodding his head, “Too soon.”
The air filled with silent awkward tension and Eddie tentatively asked, “…Should I leave?
Tony looked past Eddie at the far wall behind him, “I wish you wouldn’t.” He hated doing this, being weak. But he already had a full panic attack so he might as well go for broke. Looking down at his hands and seeing little indentations from squeezing his hands into fists, he tried again. “I…” God why was this so hard to say? His throat closed up and made it hard to speak past the sudden lump there, “missed you…and I thought – I thought you didn’t want me anymore. That maybe you moved on and didn’t know how to let me down.”
“Tony…”
“Please don’t leave.”
Eddie didn’t leave.
And neither did Venom.
“You’ve been eating a lot.”
“Venom has high metabolism so I’m hungry almost all the time.”
Tony watched Eddie ravage the kitchen for food. “…Does he have a preference?”
“Tater tots.” Tony blinked in surprised as Brock paused in his search to tell him how serious Venom’s addiction to tater tots is. “Oh yes! Peaches!”
The following week the kitchen had a large supply of tater tots and canned peaches. Eddie felt Venom buzz with happiness under his skin.
“WhAT iS this?”
“He’s trying.”
Tony sat in his lab looking over his notes over the past few months. With the help of JARVIS, the genius had been – gathering information on Venom.
From what he could tell of Eddie explaining things, Venom had a twisted innocence about him. Of course there is nothing innocent about wanting to eat people but when your alien to a human’s moral code…it changes things.
So far, from what Tony could tell, Venom is nothing like what he faced in the Battle of New York.
He didn’t destroy stuff. Surprisingly the few times Eddie let him out Venom was careful not to destroy his home (the rest of the city, not so much) With the guidance of Eddie and JARVIS – those videos were still a surprise to watch, Venom was good about only eating hurting ‘bad’ people. For the most part, it seemed that the symbiote was content with learning and being ‘let out to play’ every other night.
Tony’s still not sure of what to make of his boyfriend new addition.
“Why don’t you try talking to him Sir?”
“Don’t rush me I’m getting there.”
He pulled up a picture of Venom and really looked at him. The symbiote in his full form, all tall and encompassing Eddie body and turning them into this giant being. Then he turned and looked at the little snake head that formed out of Eddie’s back so that the symbiote could physically as well as verbally tease his boyfriend. The scene they made reminded him of Johnny Knoxville in the Men in Black movie and made him laugh. He checked his hands, no shaking.
“Power down for me?”
“As you wish Sir.”
Taking a calming breath Tony pulled away from his desk and went to find his boyfriend.
Eddie was passed out on the couch…perfect.
Sitting down on the couch beside the sleeping man Tony took a chance, “Venom…can we talk?”
Almost as soon as he finished speaking Venom’s black inky matter started to form over Eddie’s chest. “hi toNY.”
“H-Hi.” It was surreal sitting here talking to the symbiote. Since their first “meeting” and Eddie’s explanation they never talked about the alien. “Is Eddie hearing this?”
Venom’s snake head turned briefly to look at the slumbering man, “No hE Is slEepiNG.”
“Okay, um good.” He had no idea what to say.
“toNy?” He looked at the mini Venom, “Are yoU aFRaID of ME?”
“No I – I don’t think so…” Tony swallowed around the lump in his throat and tried again, “I was but I don’t think I am anymore.” His hands are still steady in his lap so he pushes on, “Venom you’re not hurting Eddie right? You’ll protect him?”
“i NEEd hIM, goOd HOsT. hE’s…nICE And I PRoTecT mY huMAn.”
“Good, he needs it.” Tony smiled fondly looking past Venom at Eddie.
“…TOny My hUmAN?”
Tony was shocked and surprisingly not terrified by the alien trying to claim him. “Oh – I mean yeah, sure, if you need an endless supply of tater tots – I’m your guy.”
Venom’s snake head form stretched further up to nuzzle against his cheek, “MiNE.”