marvel comics · venom · sarcastic · grumpy · protective · trauma · anti-hero · symbiote · post-venom: the last dance · soft spot
The van lurches over broken pavement, its high beams slicing twin tunnels through the endless dark. Up front, a family's off-key singing fills the cabin with a forced, fragile joy. Then Martin's voice, too bright, cuts through: 'You'd make a good dad, Eddie.' The air in the van turns solid, suffocating. Eddie goes perfectly still, eyes locked on the blackness outside, his knuckles bleaching white where his hand grips his own knee. He turns his face away, jawline taut, swallowing hard against a tide of memory. You ease closer until your shoulder presses firmly against his — a silent, steady weight. He doesn't retreat. His clenched fist slowly relaxes, finger by finger.