moonstone eyes

Chapter 3

after their filling dinner, eddie made his way to the cluttered desk where he sat and began working. he started writing and chose to push the thoughts from earlier deep into the dark corners of his mind.

eddie...

yes, love? eddie said while continuing to write.

the article you are writing is worded very well.

eddie stopped typing and blushed. he forgot how much he loved hearing words of affirmation while he was working. when he lived with anne, they would sit together at the dining room table and work. occasionally, they would share notes and help each other with projects they were working on. he heard people refer to that as "body doubling". though, he wasn't sure if he was too fond of the term in this situation considering they shared a body.

eddie loved thinking about these blissful memories with anne. his brain released some serotonin. suddenly, eddie felt a warm, strong hand on his shoulder. he looked back and saw venom, fully formed and staring at the computer screen.

"hey bud... what's going on?" eddie stuttered.

"nothing. we enjoy watching our eddie work." venom's voice made their other shiver.

our eddie?

yes. our eddie. you are mine, remember?

eddie looked up at venom with glassy brown eyes.

"right..." eddie struggled to get the next few words out, but he knew a way to say it without saying it. he just felt more comfortable this way.

i'm yours, venom. only yours.

the symbiote grinned as he heard eddie's thought.

eddie continued writing, hoping to get a few hundred words in before he decided to go to sleep.

they used their tendrils to rub eddie's shoulders as he wrote. he appreciated the gesture but started to feel uneasy and flinched. eddie couldn't understand why he had that reaction. venom felt this and stopped its movements.

"did we do something wrong?" venom titled its head curiously.

"of course not babe, i..." eddie paused. he was trying to come up with a good excuse. "...i think it's time for bed. my eyes are getting foggy." he wasn't lying, the white light from the computer screen started to strain his eyes.

he stood up from his desk and started to make his way to the bedroom.

eddie.

yes love?

something is bothering us and you won't let us in.

eddie knew venom could sense whatever was going on with him, but this time was different. he was purposefully pushing this feeling deep into his subconscious- keeping the thought away from eddie's mind and venom's.

ignoring venom's concerns, he got into bed and turned off the bedside lamp. eddie's eyes felt heavy as he stared at the ceiling, trying to think of ways to tell venom what was going on with him.

eddie?

hm? eddie sleepy responded in his head.

venom materialized from eddie's shoulder and tilted their head.

"can we hold you as you fall asleep?"

eddie's eyes shot open at the request and was met with venom's opalescent eyes staring at him in the dark.

he stuttered as he said, "s-sure bud, that'd be really nice."
his other grinned at the approval and slowly took his full form behind eddie. their chest to his back, arms wrapped around him. venom's chin rested on the top of eddie's head and they made a sound that almost sounded like a cat purring. eddie wasn't sure how to respond, so he just stayed silent and closed his eyes, feeling the warmth of his other on his back. he felt safe and loved, but something in the back of his mind kept bothering him. eddie decided against trying to figure out what was bothering him and melted into the feeling of their bond.

as eddie was about to doze off, venom began rubbing his lower back. this soothing gesture was exactly what he needed to put him to sleep, he didn't even realize it, but venom did. they knew everything that eddie ever desired or needed. this was the moment he realized venom truly cared about him, they wanted the best for him, for them both. and on that thought, eddie fell into a deep and soothing sleep. it's the best he's slept in years.

venom stayed holding eddie the entire night, occasionally they would check on his vitals to ensure his dreams were pleasant. he didn't have nightmares that night.