A background of nightmares

Never again

Eddie

Since Uncle Stephen has gotten better, Dad has been on the phone and arguing with people a lot.

"Mom, why is Dad so angry?" Mom just smiles at me and holds her arms out to me. I walk over to her and she hug's me.

"It's nothing you need to worry about Eddie. Dad's just busy with things related to work." Mom says and I sigh.

"But why does it alway seem to be the same person?"

"I'm not sure, but your Dad knows what to do." She says and I nod. Dad finally walks back inside and Grandpa looks at him only for Dad to shake his head.

"Eddie, why don't you stay with your Mom for a few days? Uncle Stephen said that he would get you to school while I'm gone." Dad says and Mom lets go of me.

"What do you mean by gone? Where are you going?"

"I've just got a few things I need to do, and then I promise to be back soon." He says.

"Is there something going on that you feel like you can't tell me because you don't want me to have an anxiety attack?"

"No, it's nothing like that. I just have some work things to do." He says but the way he's phrasing it, tells me otherwise.

"Be safe Dad."

"I will. Be good for your Mom, and call me if you need help." He says and I nod before running over to him and hugging him.

"I love you."

"I love you too buddy. Also Venom, protect them." Dad says and Venom pops up on my shoulder and out of view of everyone else.

"I will." Venom says and Dad smiles before letting me go and disappearing. I go back over to Mom and sit next to her as she reads a book.

I lean into her and she places and arm around me. While she reads she starts to hum and I slowly drift off to sleep.

Y/N

"What the hell do you want from me now?"

"I think you know." Jackass number three of the day says.

"I'm not doing it. You can leave me out of this and fuck off. If you or anyone else from your little organization gets a hold of me, I won't hesitate to kill every last one of you."

"Murder is against the law agent." He says and I turn around and walk away. "What if we just go after that little boy of yours?" He asks and I keep on walking.

"I'd love to see you all try. I promise you that it's going to you who dies."

"I'm not talking about Eddie." He calls out and I stop walking.

"What?"

"I'm not talking about Eddie. I'm talking about the other one. The one who you go to visit every night once everyone has gone to sleep." He says and I turn around and look at him.

"You keep him out of this!"

"Then do the job." He says and I punch the wall next to me, causing me to break my hand again.

"You keep him out of this and I'll do it."

"Do it and we leave you alone. Let you reunite your family, bring your boy home and let them meet him." He says and I punch the wall again causing my other hand to break.

"The only reason he ever became my boy is because of how badly all of you fucked up when raising him! He became my boy because I can help raise him after all the shit you people put him through!"