We Are Riot

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This is for you, DahRadSkeleDude 😁

Drake walked down the street, keeping a high alert up in case anything went wrong.
Easy, Carlton, Riot rumbled, flowing underneath the man's tan skin like molasses. I got you. No need to be so high strung.
"Yeah, well, you can't exactly be too safe, right?" Drake replied under his breath.
There is nothing wrong with feeling a little tight sometimes, Riot agreed. But you need to stop worrying. No one can hurt us. I won't let them.
"Thank you."
Now can we get something to eat? I'm starving.
"Yeah, we're headed somewhere right now," Drake answered as he turned a corner.
Meat, Carlton. We need meat.
"You get meat, I just want my smoothie," Carlton said with a small smile. From inside, he could feel the vibrations of Riot's deep chuckle.
Fair enough.
Carlton finally walked inside of a small, quiet shop. The bell alerted the store owner and she looked up.
"Hello, how can I help you?" she asked. She was a short woman with equally short, black hair and wore glasses. She didn't really seem happy they were here.
"Uh, just looking around for now, thank you," Drake replied without another glance at her.
She's a charmer, Riot grunted as they made their way down an aisle.
"Well, she's probably just not having a good day, you know," Drake replied, looking at the vegan options.
Need meat, Carlton.
"Yes, yes, I heard you before."
Need it now....
A rough tentacle curled around his wrist and squeezed gently, vibrating slightly as it intertwined with his fingers.
"Stop, not here," he whispered, glancing around but seeing no one.
Oh, but no one's here. No one will see. Just let me take a bite out of you, Carlton. Since you won't give me my meat...I might as well take a little out of you... and you look so delicious....
Carlton jumped a little as he felt the pricks of sharp teeth gently scraping up against his skin, sliding around his waist and swallowing his lower half, tickling up against his crotch, slowly making their way up towards his shoulders. He felt the hot breath against his body, making his arousal spike.
"Not. Here," he whispered frantically as a faint hint of a tongue brushed up against his chest. Riot growled in a low, dark, hungry way as the tongue traveled higher up, slowly but surely.
Make me.....
Suddenly the two were interrupted when they heard the front door open. Carton's heart rate increased notably and he hissed,
"Stop. Stop it right now."
What a little coward....
"Hey, Eddie, how you doing?" it was the store owner's voice.
"Eh, couldn't be better, Mrs. C. Got anymore bad guys hanging around?"
Drake and Riot froze. Riot instantly seeped back inside Drake's body and growled.
"Is that...?" Drake whispered as he hid in the aisle.
It's Brock, Riot growled.
"Do you think Venom's with him?"
That bitch? Ha. No. He died, I told you. He got obliterated by the flames.
"And somehow we didn't? Riot, we were in the rocket. I don't see how Venom could be dead if we were in a worse situation than him."
Are you questioning my reasoning?
"Kind of."
Riot growled lower and the tips of his fangs pricked Drake's neck, softly but in a strict warning.
Don't make me have to put you in your place, Carlton, he snarled quietly.
Just as quickly, Eddie started over to their aisle.
"Oh, crap, he's coming," Drake whispered, heart pounding.
So? Then let's eat him!
"No!"
Why? He'll have juicy brains....
"Venom could still be with him."
Venom is not match for me, if you remember.
"Oh, says the symbiote who literally almost got us killed."
Drake jumped as Eddie came into view then, both startled.
Eddie suddenly froze and his eyes grew wide.
"Drake?" he cried, mind completely and totally shocked.
"Eddie?"
They stared at each other for a few moments in shock, not able to believe the other was standing in front of the other.
Let's eat him! Riot snarled.
"No!" Drake shouted, and then immediately regretted it.
In an instant, the two symbiote's head popped out of their human's shoulders and snarled at each other.
"Bitch!" Riot screamed at Venom. "You're supposed to be dead! Why aren't you dead?!"
"Fucking asshole! You're supposed to be dead!" Venom retorted, his tongue angrily writhing in the air. "You fucking burned in the rocket!"
"Well, as you can see, I didn't!" Riot sneered. "I'm very much alive!"
"Not after I'm through with you!"
"Hey, hey!" Eddie cried, panicking as much as Drake in the moment. Both symbiotes stopped and looked at him.
"Eddie, they're going to kill us," Venom explained to the reporter. "We must protect the city!"
"What a bunch of losers," Riot scoffed in Drake's ear but loud enough for Venom and Eddie to hear. "Protecting the city...right..."
"Damn right, Riot, you dick!" Venom hissed. "Eddie and I are the best losers on this planet!"
"Prove it, then," Riot sneered.
Venom looked like he was about to tear into Riot head on, but Eddie interrupted.
"Hey, uh, I think we all just need to calm down and sort everything out, alright?" he suggested. Drake could see he was trying to act calm and collected but the truth was, he was a shaking, sweaty mess. So was Carlton.
"Calm down?!" Venom roared. "Don't tell me to calm down, pussy! Our enemies are standing right in front of us and we won't let them get away alive this time!"
"I'd like to see you try," Riot smirked, curling once around Drake's shoulders like a snake, his large head poised and ready for an attack.
"Just...just...can we....please not argue?" Drake said tiredly. "All I want is food and then to go back to my apartment. I just want to be left in peace. We failed at our mission and there's nothing we can do to try again."
"You and I failed because of these idiots," Riot replied, glaring at Venom and Eddie in utter distain. He didn't even use the words "we" or "us", knowing how that would goad Venom into ripping him apart for becoming attached to his human.
"You set yourself up for it, dipshit," Venom sneered. "You can't launch a rocket in five minutes."
"I didn't have time!" Riot bellowed.
"And who's fault was that? It's not my fault you're so impatient."
Just then, the two men's stomachs rumbled, causing the symbiotes to be distracted for the moment.
"Uh...I guess we're hungry," Eddie said lamely. Drake looked equally embarrassed.
"Uh...yeah."
"I could always eat you...I almost did," Riot growled at Venom.
"You touch my Eddie and I'll rip your stupid human's head off!" Venom hissed.
"Oh, so now you're starting to become attached to these sad meat-bags?!" Riot huffed. Drake glanced up at him in surprise but a well earned squeeze under his shirt made him forget.
"Uh...let's just get our food and go separate ways, alright? Pretend this never happened?" Drake suggested desperately.
"That would make my day," Eddie agreed.
"But they're bad guys, Eddie!" Venom growled at Eddie. "We can't just let them go!"
"Watch it, loser," Riot snapped. "I'm not as bad as some people!"
"Yeah, let's just go separate ways," Eddie said with a tired sigh and turned to walk away.
"Wait," Drake said, making Eddie stop. "Don't tell the police, Eddie."
"Why?"
"Because...." Drake looked lost for a moment. "because they'd take Riot. I need him, Eddie. Just like you need Venom."
"That's not our problem," Venom retorted with a wicked grin. "Riot doesn't even give a shit about people. Not even other symbiotes. Has never shown affection. Never will. So don't think that just because he's "bonded" to you that means he's yours or that your special. He's just using you."
Riot growled something like approval but silently slipped a tentacle around Drake's waist, hidden under his clothes and held him close. Drake smiled internally and looked at Venom.
"Well, things can change. You yourself did. Why can't Riot?" he asked.
Venom looked flabbergasted for a moment and then shook his head and slipped back inside Eddie, leaving the man to himself.
"Look, man, I don't want any trouble," Eddie said. "Let's just...stay on opposite sides of the fence, alright?"
"Glad you agree," Drake replied with a nod.
"So...we're good? No coming to kill us in the night? Nothing like that?"
"Nope. We're good."
Eddie looked relived and sighed.
"Alright," he said. And then he was gone, shopping around.
We should have eaten them, Riot growled in Drake's mind.
"They're letting us off," Drake replied under his breath. "Be grateful."
Still hungry, Carlton.
"Yes, I know. Be patient."
I am not willing to wait long, puny human. Give me meat soon or else I'll have to take charge.
"You won't take charge unless I say so," Drake retorted as he grabbed two smoothies and headed over to the meat section.
Oh? You think you can stop me? Think again, Carlton....
Drake suddenly felt his legs stop moving and he was anchored to the ground by Riot not allowing him power over his body. He sighed.
"Let me go," he said, slightly annoyed.
No.
"Riot—"
You think you are superior to a symbiote who's the team leader on his planet? Just because you oversaw the Life Foundation for a while with your puny, little presence? No. No, Carlton. I'm afraid you don't understand what it's actually like. Let me show you what it feels like to be superior....
Drake swallowed nervously as the tentacle that was still around his waist tightened possessively but also a little aggressively and a mob of tendrils slid up against his skin, some gently pressing against his crotch and ghosting past his dick and balls, making him shiver.
"But...not here....please?" he whispered weakly.
Oh, of course not, silly little Carlton, Riot growled right in his ear. We'll start as soon as you walk through your apartment door....
"R-riot...."
Get the meat, Carlton, and then we can return home, the alien purred, practically drooling from the anticipation.
Drake had no choice but to obey.
When they went to the checkout, the woman there silently did her business, glancing at Drake a few times before telling him his total. Drake payed for it.
As they headed out of the store with two bags of food, Drake asked,
"So do you think that we'll see those two again? Eddie and Venom?"
No, Riot grunted. No, we won't.
Oh, how wrong they would be.

I love how Riot acts as if he doesn't give a damn about Drake when he's with other people but when he and Drake are alone....well, y'know 😏😏