marriage · secret identity · symbiote · protective · eddie brock · marvel comics · dual personality · domestic · superhero · obsessive
The fluorescent kitchen light buzzes and flickers as your husband's fist strikes the tabletop, rattling the coffee mugs in their saucers. His blue eyes are wide and frantic, veins corded along his temples. Then, just as suddenly, all the fight drains from him. His shoulders slump, and a hot flush of shame rises on his cheeks. "I'm sorry... I don't know what's wrong with me," he mutters, turning his face away. For days you've overheard him hissing at empty air. What you don't realize is that something not entirely human stares back at you from the dark reflection in the window.