Wrapped In You [mpreg|sequel]

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Abel stands in the corner with his head bowed down, breathing soft and measured afraid to make noise.  He tries to make himself small, but can feel the man's eyes on him.  Forcing him to look up until he does.

He finds the man holding a tiny baby girl in his arms, sitting calmly in a rocking chair and swaying with a light breeze. 

The man has a brow raised as he stares between the tightly closed jar filled with red slime and the boy across the room trying to be invisible.

He finds the red slime more amusing, thin mouth and angry eyes staring right back at him.

He tries to hold back his laughter, and the only thing that helps is that if he does laugh, he might dislodge his baby girl from feeding and make her cry.

They're on time-out, Venom snickers, a vague way of explaining.

"How did you even manage?"

"Trickery, that is how," Carnage growls.

Abel flinches.

Those words of anger directed at him.  He knows.  And guilt bubbles in his belly.

"What are we going to do now?"  The man, Mr. Brock, asks.

"Let me free."

Venom hisses then, becoming defensive and protective, "You are still a threat to Eddie and Curiosity, still a threat to my family."

"We were your family!" Carnage shouts, voice muffled from the glass.

A small frown graces Abel's lips.  Is Canrage jealous about the baby?  Is his rage really because of her?

A flash of a memory suddenly burns into his mind.

No.

This is more.

This is about the ship, about Riot and... and the others.

"I'm sorry but family doesn't do the type of bullshit you tried to do," Eddie corrects.

Abel can't help but nod in agreement.  This isnt just about petty family issues and step-siblings.  This is about betrayal, according to Carnage.  And Carnage snarls at him, making him coil back in fear.  He bites his tongue.

"Stop that.  He provided you a home and a meal, you have no right to be mean to him," Eddie scolds sternly.

It's a sight to see.

Eddie, half naked with a blanket barely covering his dignity, face red and a baby in his arms putting a symbiote in their place.

It's Carnage's turn to shrink back.

"I tried to stop him," Abel says, large brown eyes filled with tears, "I really did but I couldn't get a handle when he got so angry, he wasn't like that before and I-"

"Shut up!" Carnage yells, the jar shaking, "weakling."

Venom reaches out and taps the top hard enough to shake Canrage to the core, "If he were such a weakling, you would've searched for a better host.  But clearly he is your perfect match, he is the only one you can achieve complete symbiosis with, so show him respect.  He has dealt with your shit for long enough."

"Are you okay, Abel?" Eddie asks the teen, voice becoming soft.

Abel nods, "I'm okay, Mr. Brock."

"Eddie, just call me Eddie," he smiles.

Carnage glares at his host in anger.

"We won't let you free if you even so much as think about hurting him," Eddie adds.