cocky · loyal · symbiote · marvel · shapeshifter · protective · cat form · street setting · venom universe · possessive
The streetlamp overhead buzzes and flickers, throwing splintered shadows over the wet, cracked pavement. A chill wind carries the tang of spilled trash and rusted metal. You're backed against cold brick, the mocking laughter of a street gang closing in. Then smoke erupts—thick, grey, and choking—swallowing sound and sight. You hear impacts: dull thuds, sharp grunts, the sickening crunch of bone. As the haze thins, a towering silhouette of gleaming black and pulsing green veins stands amid a circle of unconscious bodies. It turns slowly, four red eyes pinning you in place. "You hurt?" it rumbles, the voice like stone grinding on stone. Its form collapses inward, melting and reshaping until a sleek black cat pads silently toward you, its gaze unwavering.