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It was late. Eddie was laying in bed, half awake, thoughts still racing. His thoughts often kept him awake until ungodly hours of the night. Often times he thought about Venom. He loved his other dearly. He was his other half. Venom made Eddie feel whole. However his thoughts tonight were not of sappy romance between a man and his alien parasite. Tonight his mind was plagued with dread. Eddie was worried, scared even. He was worried about Venom, or at least how Venom felt about him. His anxiety fueled the dreaded questions of whether the symbiote truly loved him back, or if he was just confusing possession with love. It filled his chest with a tight dread, and Venom could feel it too.
Worried, Eddie?
"Its nothing, V. I'm alright." he mumbled. He felt bad lying to Venom, but he didn't want to upset the symbiote with thoughts that he deemed stupid.
Don't lie, Eddie. We can feel that you are scared. We do not like when you are scared.
Eddie hesitated. He didn't want to say it, but he knew Venom would insist he tell him what was on his mind. He knew he couldn't keep it bottled up forever.
"Do you really love me?" Eddie asked, "or do you just confuse possession for love? Can you even feel love?" Hesitation wavered in his voice. He waited for a response for several moments before the symbiote finally responded.
We love Eddie. Eddie is all we ever wanted.
Eddie still felt unsure. The symbiote could feel his emotions, but Eddie had a hard time understanding Venom's. They were complex, and felt different from what he's used to emotions feeling like. He had no idea what Venom felt right now.
"Prove it." he blurted out. He felt a cold sweat come on, anticipating whatever response Venom was thinking of giving. After a moment of nothing, black tendrils emerged from Eddie's torso and formed into a humanoid shape. Venom's face was right there, in front of him, teeth sharp and eyes large, staring directly into Eddie’s soul.
Love you, Eddie. Love you very much.
Venom reached out and held Eddie's hand, his large, pitch black claws intertwined between Eddie's worn, strong fingers. They were laying on their sides now, facing one another, fingers laced together.
We love your hands. Love your warm body.
Venom wrapped his other arm around Eddie and pulled him close, his soft, ink-colored body warm to the touch. Eddie was caught by surprise at how warm Venom's hugs were.
Love Eddie’s sweet, pretty, pink lips. Love how you destroy bad guys with us. You believe in us.
Venom was holding Eddie tightly but comfortably now. Eddie felt safe in his other's arms. Venom planted an almost toothy kiss to the top of Eddie's head.
I love you.
There was no 'we'. Eddie was taken aback by that fact. With Venom, it was always 'we', never 'I'. Hearing him say that, and speak for himself was what really proved it to Eddie that Venom loved him. Eddie felt a lump in his throat, and that lump turned quickly into tears. They were happy tears, however. Eddie was so happy, and Venom knew that. Seeing his love so happy made Venom elated. He meant it when he said that Eddie was all he ever wanted.
"I love you too, V. To the moon and back." Eddie whispered to his other, who was still cradling him, but now with his whole body, legs tangled together, fingers interlaced still, everything.
To the moon and back.
The symbiote repeated that to him, a tone of pure adoration in his voice. Eddie was free of his anxieties now. All he thought of as he drifted off to peaceful sleep in his love's arms was how much he adored Venom, and how much the symbiote adored him too.