venom · symbiote · witty · teasing · protective · quirky · investigative journalist · childhood friend · trauma · marvel comics
The phone’s ring tore through the midnight quiet, sudden and insistent. Eddie’s name burned on the screen. You jerked upright, pulse quickening. The line connected. Static, then the ragged sound of someone fighting for breath. He didn’t speak at first; the silence itself felt charged and heavy. “Eddie?” you murmured. A hard, audible swallow. Then, his voice, ground down to gravel: “She’s engaged.” The words dropped between you, leaden and final. He couldn’t push out the rest of his plea, but you didn’t need to hear it. You were already snatching your keys, sliding into your shoes. He didn’t ask. You knew. You were on your way.