Venom: I have eaten more of your people than you could ever imagine, I’m the darkness, I’m to be feared because I will not hesitate to bite down on your liver for I… am Venom
Venom’s talk about being considered a loser on his planet, his quick fondness for Eddie, his pleasant surprise when Eddie first called them “we,” and his sudden switching of sides all lead me to conclude that like in the comics, movie!Venom is a big romantic sap that wanted a fairytale symbiosis with a perfect host and all the other reind- Klyntar can’t even deal with his nonsense.
No wonder Riot was so keen on finding him and getting him back on Plan Let’s Get Ready to Invade These Assholes. It’d been six months since he’d seen Venom, and he just knows that without supervision that fucking jackass has gone and fallen in love with the first son of a bitch that didn’t die on him and talked to him halfway decently and now he’s not gonna want to conquer the planet.
And sure enough, he’s not even surprised when Venom turns up all traitorous and married. He gives him one, fleeting chance to get in the fucking rocket, you lunatic, and then he’s just gonna fucking eat him. He’s tired of this, Venom. Absolutely done with this shit.
Can I just say, as great as Venom and Eddie’s relationship was, I appreciated Dan and Anne’s. Dan didn’t fall into the jealous new boyfriend category. Not once did he mistrust Anne about Eddie, showing he was totally comfortable in that relationship and trusted her totally, he was so nice to Eddie instead of telling him to stay away from Anne. It was a healthy relationship dynamic (despite Anne’s possible remaining feelings at the end) and I appreciated it and Dan as a character
Update: I forgot to add, Dan had his priorities right like when he told Anne they needed to talk about what was going on and she said there was nothing going on with her and Eddie and Dan was like ‘no we need to talk about the weird parasite thing that’s unknown to medical science obviously’ and I appreciate that he was focused on the right thing
I think part of what made the Venom movie so palatable to me was the whole situation with Dan and how it was handled as if everyone involved was a Decent Adult Person instead of the heteronormative caricatures we’ve come to expect. Just by being written the way he is, Dan makes my queer ass feel so much safer in indulging in this fandom, and I love him for that!!!
I was prepared for a boatload of second hand embarrassment at the restaurant scene but it was wonderfully resolved when Dan was like “Yes this is my girlfriend’s ex behaving inappropriately in a restaurant but also he’s obviously visibly unwell and I’m a doctor so can we all please calm the fuck down so I can get him to a hospital.”
ALL OF THIS and also Eddie’s adorable little “thank you, Dan” when Dan was helping him out and also trusting Anne’s judgement enough to believe automatically that Dan is Good People just because she’s let him into her life. SUCH A REFRESHING TAKE ON IT ALL. Dan being the same, seeing Eddie as Good People because Anne had him in her life. Dan giving them space and always, ALWAYS prioritising the right thing at the right time.
So, @massivespacewren and I were chatting last night about StarSymBrock and it occured to me that, in a universe where Eddie and Tony were already involved in this undefined-but-definitely-more-than-just-sex kind of way, Eddie would 100% try and keep Venom out of Tony’s life. Sure, Tony could probably help, but the man already has enough to deal with. Eddie can’t put this on him. Not this one more thing. Seriously, pick anywhere in Tony’s canon and there’s a justifiable reason not to put more on his plate.
Let’s say it’s post-Avengers but pre-Iron Man 3, so Tony has a very justifiable aversion to aliens but still has the arc reactor. (This will come up later, kids.)
So, Eddie does the only thing he can think of to keep Tony from finding out. He pulls away and distances himself. He stopped answering Tony’s calls and replies to texts less and less, being evasive and generally dodgy, turns down an invite to come to New York and tells Tony (perhaps a little harshly, but he was scared, okay?) that he absolutely should not come to LA and visit.
And Tony… Well, Tony knows a brush off when he sees one. He’s not sure what he did and he wishes Eddie would at least give him a chance to fix it, but he gets it. It had only ever been a matter of time before Eddie figured out he was better off without him. So he accepts it and maybe drinks more than he already was thanks to the nightmares and builds some more suits and doesn’t sleep and generally just copes really well.
Meanwhile, Eddie is hating every second of having to do this. He hates it. He misses Tony so much and is constantly reaching for his phone to contact him, only to remind himself why he shouldn’t and his bed feels so empty. Yeah, he’s learning to accept Venom, and even love him, but he misses Tony. He knows how much this must be hurting him and it’s like a dagger to his chest. He feels like absolute scum, but he’s also sure it’s the best for everyone involved.
Venom is not so sure. At first, he mostly ignored Eddie’s moodiness, but he could feel the sadness setting in, the pain and hurt every time Eddie left a call unanswered and they sat down later to listen to the voicemail. Sure, Eddie was way more open to going after criminals those nights, or at least eating an entire tub of ice cream, but he was still in pain. And it wasn’t a pain that Venom could heal the way he usually did.
After a couple months of this, Venom decides, “Fuck it!” He doesn’t understand why Eddie is staying away from Tony anyway, though he knows it’s because of him. If he can’t fix this the way he normally does, he’ll have to try it the way humans do, by talking. Of course, he means talking to Tony. He takes control and heads for New York, heedless of Eddie’s protests.
He finds Tony in the newly-remodeled Stark Tower, in his lab, feverishly working away in the middle of the night with no one else around. As far as Venom can tell, no one else has been around in a while. The air smells stale of anything but what he can now recognize as Tony’s own scent. JARVIS alerts Tony of the intrusion, but Venom is already inside, towering over him. Tony isn’t wearing his bracelets and can’t call the armor and there’s this black, inky creature with a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth inches away from his face and- Cue massive panic attack.
Venom, of course, has never witnessed a panic attack before and has no idea what’s happening and oh, shit, he broke Eddie’s human! He lets Eddie have control back so he can calm Tony down and of course there’s talking and more freaking out and yada yada yada, but eventually Tony managed to comes to terms with what the fuck is going on. And that’s when the most unexpected thing happens. Tony makes the effort to get to know Venom and utterly adores him. He spoils Venom rotten, ordering all kinds of trashy food for Venom to snack on and asking about his species and biology and teaching him about human culture.
The bots are cautious at first, not being overly fond after seeing Venom ‘attack’ thier creature that first night, but they eventually come around. After finding out that Venom is vulnerable to fire, DUM-E starts valiantly following them around with a fire extenguisher. His enthusiasm isn’t even dampened by Tony’s many and varied threats.
Venom gets pretty attached to Tony, too.
Then IM 3 happens and shit goes down with the Mandrin and just imagine Eddie and Venom’s reaction to thinking Tony had been killed. They’d track down Killian and rip him to pieces. They’d be overjoyed to discover Tony is still alive and wrap him up in hugs and tenticles and refuse to let him go.
They were never, ever letting anything hurt their human again.
Eddie Brock is dating Tony (they got together in let’s say Iron Man 2 or 3 idk) and they were together when Captain America Civil War & Venom happened. But Tony knows about Venom and is ok with the symbiote. Venom likes Tony and is protective of him. The issue?
TONY TOLD NO ONE ABOUT VENOM OR SIBERIA
So Team Cap comes home blaming the accords on him and Tony lets them. Feeling like he’s getting what he deserves.
So when Eddie comes to visit him and sees how his boyfriend’s being treated, he of course sticks up for him. It wasn’t till and acid on comment from someone (preferably Wanda or Clint) and discovers what happened in Siberia. Venom come out. And. SHIT. GOES. DOWN.
Tony now has to explain how is boyfriend transformed into a alien who tries to eat someone as well as talk Venom into not eating his teammates.
Tony first met
Eddie Brock when he came back from Afghanistan. He’d been home for a month or
so when he was approached by Brock. The report was looking into Obie. At first
Tony wasn’t sure he believed him.
After he approached
Obie at his event he decided he needed to speak with Brock again.
Eddie became
someone he respected and trusted.
Tony doesn’t
remember how they became a couple. Between the poison in his veins and the
alcohol he consumed…he’s still amazed that Eddie wanted him.
So life was
interesting. They traveled together when they could, Eddie chasing a story and
Tony tagging along, making business connections where he could.
And when he put on
the suit, Eddie just happened to wear a Iron Man T-Shirt during his next
interview.
Tony was happy,
things were changing for the better…until they weren’t.
The nightmares set
in, his people – his family were put in danger. Tony thanked
chance and fate that Eddie was living in San Francisco away from the dangers of
Tony’s life.
With his house in
the ocean, Eddie picked him up in Florida. Rhodey was the one to call him, tell
him everything that happened and where to find his hotel room. For a while he
stayed with Eddie until the Avengers called.
It got worse.
It all blended
together with his boyfriend being the only highlights in an otherwise cloudy
life.
If the results of
Sokovia leading up to the Accords and the airport fight was cloudy days. Then
Siberia was the coldest winter night.
Laying there,
something changed for Tony.
It was only
confirmed when he woke up to Eddie in the hospital. This is his family, these
are the people he cares about.
Present day.
Tony was happy
despite the circumstances. Yes the Rogues are back, yes he has to live with
them. But it’s temporary and Tony can survive one more month.
And with his man
due to arrive any second nothing could bring his mood down. Not even Barton.
“Look who decided
to grace us with his presence today. What do we owe you for this? Money? Time?
Freedom?” Barton grinned, please by his hurtful digs. Sadly for Clint, Wanda
his partner in crime was not here to praise his ‘work’ but everybody else
certainly didn’t step up to help.
Barton’s happiness
at insulting Tony didn’t last long when the billionaire completely ignored him.
His attention split between the door and his phone. His coffee sat forget in
front of him on the kitchen island where he sat.
“Stark.”
“Hmm?”
“What are you
doing?”
“Mmhmm.”
Clint was seething,
after everything this prick did to them and he couldn’t even be bothered to pay
attention to them!? He was standing up, ready to make Stark pay attention to
him when Cap placed a hand on his shoulder.
Steve would handle
this, “Tony, we’re talking to you.” Steve’s disappointed-in-you face was one.
But Tony was still looking at his phone.
“Yeah?”
“What-“
“Hello?” Tony was
out of his seat and hurrying over to the stranger in the doorway.
The ‘team’ which
was actually a group of the former rogues sat stunned as Tony leaped into the
strangers arms who caught him and spun him around with a deep heated kiss. “Hi
Teddy Bear! I missed you.”
“I missed you too.”
The stranger but
Tony back on his feet and leaned in for another kiss. Backing him into a wall
and kissing him like they didn’t have an audience.
Sam, the only
member of the rogues with a sense of chivalry coughed awkwardly. Breaking the
happy couple up so that he could introduce himself.
“Hello, Sam
Wilson.”
He offered his hand
and Eddie pulled back enough to offer his own but kept an arm around Tony’s
waist. “Eddie Brock. Tony’s boyfriend.”
Of course Clint
chimed in then, “Boyfriend? Must be desperate to be with Stark.”
Eddie didn’t miss a
beat, “Not as desperate as you must feel coming home to divorce papers.”
Everything spiraled
out of control after that. Sam and Steve holding Clint back as he spit venom at
the couple. Bucky a silent shadow in the corner of the room. Eddie a strong
pillar in front of Tony, his poor boyfriend wanted to pull him away. Walk away
from the drama but Eddie refused to back down.
“YOU FUCKING
BASTARD! ITS ALL HIS FAULT, STARK SHOULD HAVE JUST DIED IN THAT BUNKER!”
“CLINT!” Steve cut
in, pushing the archer back.
“No fuck that!
Steve he attacked you unprovoked, he’s done nothing but try and destroy our
lives his Ultron!”
Steve tried to calm
down Clint, Tony tried desperately to pull Eddie away and Bucky stepped out of
the shadows.
“Clint, come one
stop-“
“What do you mean
unprovoked?” Bucky looked afraid and angry at the same time.
“Buck, nows not the
ti-“
“Shut the fuck up
Rogers! Clint. What do you mean unprovoked?”
“Just like I said!
Steve told us when Tony got there he attacked you but you overpowered him and
escaped. Which I’m not surprised.”
Bucky turned on
Steve and it seemed like Sam and Eddie were the only two to realize.
Tony felt like time
was slowing down. Bucky glaring down Rogers, anger and disappointment battling
on his face. Steve, trying to to look guilty as he refused to look Bucky in the
eye.
Sam spoke up, “You
lied to us?”
This seemed to snap
Clint into focus, he looked around him, seeing what Tony saw. “What’s he
talking about, Cap.”
“Nothi-“
“It was a trap.”
Bucky cut in over Steve, refusing to let this happened again. “Stark came to
help, we found the soldiers dead and Zemo behind a wall. He showed us a video
of me killing Howard and Maria Stark.”
“Bucky it wasn’t
you!”
“THATS NOT THE POINT
STEVE. YOU LIED ABOUT THIS TO TONY AND YOU’RE LYING TO EVERYONE ELSE NOW.”
Almost everyone had
their attention on Steve now. Except Tony.
“Eddie-Venom! Calm
down it’s over now. Please? Calm down, stop getting taller. Venom!”
The symbiote turned
to Tony, their beautiful Tony that immediately got along with him. Their Tony
that been hurt over and over by these people.
“I’Ll KilL thEm!” His loud distorted voice got the others to stop arguing
and turn back around.
“Stark what the
fuck is that!” God Tony wished he could learn how to shut up.
“yOU i ShALl sTaRT
wIth YOu! MaYBe stARt WitH yOur eyEs And eARs, sO yoU CAn feEl evERytHiNG. thEN
iLl taKe mY tIMe eaTInG tHe OthEr blONdiE.” Venom stepped forward and everyone else stepped back. Tony
rushed in front of his boyfriends alien “parasite”.
“VENOM! NO! There
will be no eating anyone.”
“thEY lOOk So
tasTE.”
“No!”
Venom stared down
at their Tony who was trying to glare them into submission. Eddie trying to
weigh the pros and cons of eating them anyway. “Venom! I will withhold sex for
the next month and cut off your tater tots supply if you don’t listen to me.”
“noT eVen A aRM?”
“NO!”
“fiNe.”
So yeah, I just typed that up on my phone. It’s definitely not my best but it’s all I got right now.
…also i totally didn’t do anything you asked for. hahaa whoops.
“FINE!” With that Venom slowly transformed back into Eddie. And he didnt look to pleased either.
“Tony, why didnt you tell me?” Eddie looked hurt and pissed. Why would Tony hide this from them. Venom still felt pissed but concerned.
Tony shuffled on the spot. “It didn’t matter. Plus I didn’t think Venom would react well. Plus, based on what just happened, I was right to think that”
Eddie went to say something but Steve spoke up.
“Stark, what the hell just happened?”
Eddie glared at Steve “Don’t talked to him like that!” He growled. Venom tendrils waving around making him look dangerous.
Natasha step forward. “Lets all calm down. Tony, can you explain this please?” She asked.
So he did. Tony and Eddie spent about two hours explaining everything. From when he met Eddie to the Killian to what happened at the Life Foundation.
Needless to say team wasn’t pleased with him.
“You should have told us immediately about this.” Steve said with a disapproving look.
“Shut up Steve” Bucky said, “You ain’t got no right to say that seeing as you been lying to every one.”
“Plus its really none of your business” Eddie added.
“We’re suppose to be a team. We -“Natasha started before Bucky interrupted again.
“Shut the fuck up Natalia. Don’t bullshit me.” Bucky growled at her “I know you were abandoned Tony after the airport”
Eddie said “And from what I can see none of you treat Tony as an actual teammate. It seems like he’s nothing more than a burden Wings on you live in his house in his food, using his money, and resources for your own selfish needs. SO STOP BITCHING OR I’LL LOSE IT!” He roared, voice growing more predatory.
“Teddy bear, calm down.” Tony said gently rubbing the reporter’s arm.
“Why are you siding with him?” Steve asked Barnes.
Barnes glared at his childhood friend “Because I would do the exact same thing if I was in Brock’s place.”
Everyone stared at The Winter Soldier. Before Eddie step forward hand extended.
“Let’s try this again. I’m Eddie Brock.”
Steve went to shake his hand but got hit by a black tendril that extended out of Eddie side. Bucy payed no attention and shook his hand.
“The names James Barnes, but everyone calls me Bucky.”
“Not me. I call him snowflake” Tony piped up. Tony smiled at the two and they smiled back. Things might not be so bad.
Then the door opened and Wanda steped into the room.
That it from me. Sorry about the spelling and grammar errors…
The reaction was immediate. Wanda’s eyes locked onto Eddie and widened with something very close to fear. Red swirled around her fingers and she lashed out on instict. Tony saw it coming a split second before it happened and jumped between them with a shout of “No!” If Wanda attached Eddie, there would be no stopping Venom’s reemergence. He was fiercely protective.
The blast of red energy smalled into Tony’s chest, sending him crashing back into the wall. His head cracked against the hard surface and he lost a few seconds, coming back to himself wrapped in familiar, inky-black tendrals. Venom crouched over him, snarling viciously at Wanda while Bucky stood between them, feet set in a ready stance and a knife in each hand. More red swirled around the witch’s hand.
“Okay!” Sam called, no small amount of alarm crossing his face. “Let’s just all take a deep breath, okay? Nobody wants to make things any worse than they already are, right?”
“WE wiLL MaKE thiNGSss BettER aFTer wE eAt HER! She HUrt OUr TONY! SHe WiLL noT LIve!”
Tony blinked his eyes a few times in an attempt to clear his vision and pat ineffectually against Venom’s chest.
“No, buddy. No. It’s okay, see? I’m fine. I’m alright. No harm done. Nobody needs to get eaten.”
He really hoped Venom didn’t notice the way his words were just the tiniest bit slurred, but doubted his luck was that good.
“ShE HuRT yOU! WHY dO You deFENd heR?”Venom hissed, anger mingling with his confusion. “SHe iS a MONsteR!”
Wanda gave an inarticulate shout of rage.
“The only monster I see here is you! How fitting that you’re on Stark’s leash.”
“We KNow!” Venom crowed. “WE kNOw WhaT yOU hAVE DoNE! EdDIE DIgS anD So WE KnoW! YoU HAve kilLED SO MAny! MOrE ThaN EVen WE! SO mANy iN JoHANNiSBuRG! If OuR TONY HAdn’T BeEN ThEre…”
Tony as he saw the questioning looks being shot around the room.
“Johannisburg?” Clint questioned. “Where Bruce lost control of the Hulk during Ultron?”
“Sweetheart, I don’t think this is the time to bring that up,” Tony said, fingers touching the growing bump on his head.
Bucky’s apprehensive gaze turned into something more akin to a glare, directed towards Wanda. “I think it is.”
Venom’s grin was gleaming. “We know! We know what she did! Her fault! Can we eat?”
“Venom, no. What’s the rule about only eating bad people? We’ve talked about this,” Tony groaned, stumbling over to a kitchen stool to sit down. It wasn’t the best idea to only further prove to Venom how hurt Tony was, but he had to do something to make the room stop spinning.
“But she’s a bad person!”
Tony tried to blink the fuzz out of his eyes. “She’s human, cupcake. She made mistakes, we moved on.”
“But she made Hulk kill!”
Clint’s vicious glare actually faltered a bit as he glanced at Venom. “She did what?”
“I… I didn’t mean for innocent people to die,” Wanda tried to defend, but the rage in her voice was steadily being replaced by a scared meekness.
Tony sighed. “She got in Bruce’s head. That’s why Hulk came out. It was all a big accident. Venom, if you don’t give Eddie control, I swear you’ll never see a tator tot again.”
Venom scowled, but the black tendrils pulled back, shrinking back into Eddie’s pale skin. “Are you alright, babe?” Eddie asked, reaching out for Tony.
Tony nodded. “I’m fine.” He looked around the tense room. Bucky still had his knife out, and looked seconds away from shanking Wanda. Steve, Clint, Natasha, and Sam were still standing around like body guards, but now seeming a bit confused as to who they should be guarding.
Steve cleared his throat. “Let’s all calm down and talk this through, okay?” His voice was calm and steady in all its patriotic glory, as if he were the mediator in all this.
“Look, Wanda was a kid,” Clint finally said. “What she did when she was working for HYDRA was no different than Bucky. We’ve all made stupid mistakes, okay?” His tone sounded almost sincere. Almost.
“Fuck off,” Bucky practically snarled. “She volunteered. I was brainwashed. Funny how you’re only forgiving of mistakes made by people you like.”
Clint scoffed. “You-”
“He has a point,” Natasha spoke up, voice quiet. “You’re pretty hard on Tony. We all are. And you’ll forgive that?”
“And ignore Rogers’ lies,” Eddie muttered. Tony put a hand on his shoulder.
Clint growled something about Natasha being a double agent and stormed off.
“Wanda, why don’t you go find Vision and watch a movie or something?” Steve asked with a tight voice. It wasn’t an order, but the underlying force was still there. She looked ready to refuse, but a glare from Natasha had her slinking out with reluctance.
Tony sighed with relief, lacing his fingers with Eddie’s. “Now can we please all talk about this like calm adults?”
Venom, growling: The way I see it, Eddie… *slams Eddie into a wall* …We… *Eddie screams, eyes turns completely black* …Can do… *Unhinges his jaw and bites off someone’s head* …Whatever we want
*bone-crushing noises* *more screaming*
Some grim and serious trailer voice: We all have our own… *dramatic pause* …Demons
(Venom 2018, the movie)
Venom, yelling at Eddie from a broken bathroom mirror: Dumb little bitch, I’ve reminded you to get tater tots on our way home 15 fucking times and you still forgot? Piece of shit. Useless scum of the Earth
Eddie:
Eddie: Parasite
Venom, voice breaking: You take that back. You take that back Right Now
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