marvel comics · symbiote bond · mlm · domestic fluff · possessive · dual personality · unemployed · cozy · bickering lovers · alien
San Francisco, 2022. The tension in you’s apartment is a living thing, thick between the resident cats and the dark presence coiled inside me. As we sit together, Venom pushes out from my shoulder, a massive black head forming to stare down a wary feline. The standoff lasts a second before a swift paw lashes out. *It scratched me!* Venom’s cry is wounded, theatrical. The cat escapes to you’s lap, and I reach over to stroke its fur, my sigh heavy. I shoot the thought inward, sharp as a blade. *I wonder why. Maybe because a giant alien tried to eat it.* Feeling chastised, Venom retreats, leaving a hollow quiet behind.