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"Hold on, I think I almost got it," Steven said, biting his lip as he carefully folded the yellow paper into the shape of a flower. A rose, to be precise.
" It can't be that bloody hard to make a paper flower" Marc grumbled in Steven's reflection on the mirror nearby as he released his tongue, making a focused , but cute face. Eddie watched him as he lazily tried to do the same, his purple paper taking the form of .. something.
The couple was currently tangled into Eddie's sofa, Steven's legs on top of Eddie's lap and Eddie's head on Steven's shoulders, trying to do origami for over an hour. It was Steven's idea, really. He claimed that he saw on a "very resourceful" romantic site that origami was a couple's activity that stimulates a peaceful , enjoyable and quiet time with your partner.
Judging by Venom's groans as their tentacles tried furiously to do anything with the paper, this statement was , in reality , a classical "internet 'BS'" ( Brock, Eddie ) . However , despite the couple's struggles, they were having a wonderful time with each other's company, as usual. Eddie was in his Hépíng Guójiā - as he recalled the expression from one of Miss Chen's cousins' weird meditations tapes - whenever he heard and felt Steven's heartbeat and heard his sounds. As for Steven, as long as he could make a mess out of his boyfriend's hair, he couldn't be happier.
"Ta-dah!" Steven suddenly yelled, stars in his eyes, showing proudly a messy, but good origami of a flower to Eddie " Eddie Brock, may I give you this wonderful homemade flower to represent my love towards you, love!" He said, grinning in excitement like a little kid.
Eddie smiled as he picked the origami on his hands "Why, thank you, Steven Grant, King of Origami" He answered , kissing Steven on the cheek and making the British’s grin depper in delight "I may treasure this with all my heart!" Eddie said, making a fake British accent, causing Steven to chuckle lightly.
" You fuckin' must" Marc grumbled, in a ironic tune " Almost an hour to make this. You better treat this like it's from freaking Pra-dada" .
Steven snuzzled Eddie as warm invaded his cheeks "If I'm the King of Origami, does it make you my Queen?" He cupped Eddie's hand's in his. "I guess it does, my King" Eddie whispered, grabbing his hand and kissing Steven's knuckles, staring at the brunette’s eyes.
" Plus four UNO cards on you, Steven!" Venom snarled proudly, aggressively throwing with their tentacles a perfect rabbit's origami on Eddie's head, making Steven gasp " It seems we are THE LEADING dude in the competition , so WE are the Origami King!" They said , their tentacles poking Eddie's cheeks almost aggressively by every word.
"Okay, okay. Venom is our Origami King" Steven said, holding a smile and ignoring Marc's complaining - " THE FUCK HE IS" - in his head.
"And what a shitty king he is'. I call a revolution ASAP. ' Eddie joked, receiving an over the top slap from one of the tentacles. "Ouch, ouch! I'm kidding, buddie!". Steven smiled as Eddie fell onto him, burying his face on his chest and hugging his back.
Venom appeared as a small blob on top of Eddie's head , a grin on his face " Since we are king, we decide that our dinner shall be..MILKSHAKE!" Suddenly, three tentacles left Eddie' body and rushed towards the kitchen. " It's STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE TIME, BABY!"
"Vee, we already talked about this," Eddie grumbled, his voice muffled by Steven's chest "We need to avoid eating tons of junk to not get diabetes or something that will make me sick and puke."
" We don't care! We can fix diabetes! The international medical society hates us!" Venom said , throwing tons of packages of food on the counter and smashing the whole household's supply of ice cream into the blender. Eddie was about to complain, but he felt Steven's soft hands on his hair, making him melt into a purr. Steven smiled depper as Eddie muffled "I love your hair massages, babes" through the terrible blender's noise and packages of chips and bottles of milk being thrown into the air. "It's like I'm in freaking Tiāntáng ."
Steven chuckled in amuze " What's that, love?" Eddie lifted his chin, giving his boyfriend his classical television smile "I don't remember, but I know that has to do with being next to the sexiest British man in this world."
Steven laughed and kissed his forehead, cupping his cheeks on his hands. The british touched their foreheads together and closed his eyes, feeling Eddie’s hands traveled through his back all the way towards his face, cupping his face and kissing him on the lips. Steven moved his hands to Eddie’s chin , sweetly opening his mouth to allow his tongue in it. Eddie let out a small moan , feeling Steven’s soft touch on his shoulders, and bringing Eddie closer to him. The American broke the kiss and moved his mouth towards Steven’s neck, placing small kisses and funny bites onto it. Steven bit his lip hard so he smother his moans as his boyfriend made his work onto his neck, making him go nuts.
Eddie stopped kissing him , suddenly, when Venom started singing - it was more a scream than anything - Lady Gaga’s Stupid Love that they heard on the radio early that day. Steven let out a complained moan as Eddie looked at the tentacles , who at this point had turned his kitchen into a scenery of a crime scene. “Vee, we are having a moment here!”. The tentacles turned the blender to a higher speed, making the ice cream turn to a liquid texture and an even more screeching sound. “ We are singing to avoid your terrible noises. It’s not our fault you guys make more noise than the mixer thing” .
Steven felt his cheeks getting warmer as Eddie opened his mouth in disbelief “YOU are the one to talk, Coachella’s singer wannabe” . Venom retrieved their tentacles and materialized their head on Eddie’s shoulder, making the couple look at them “ Says the one with dirty thoughts that involves honey and sexy spanish songs” . Eddie felt his face burn and Steven curled his head to the side, hiding his smile.
“ At least you are not the one hearing thoughts about sexy underwear and bunny ears” Marc mocked on Steven’s reflection , making the British mumble a ‘shut it’ between his teeth.
"Oh, the joy of sharing a body with assholes," Eddie said, immediately being thrown onto the ground by Venom , who evilly grinned. Steven gasped as he sat on the ground, putting Eddie's head on his lap "That must have hurt" he said , passing his finger through Eddie's curls.
"Nah, I'm used to the Diva's whining" Eddie said, looking unamazed by a tentacle morphing into a middle finger, showing it straight to his face. " It's a love, hate , wanna beat your freaking ass , relationship that comes with an alien living in your head rent free, what can I say?"
"Yeah, pretty much" Steven smiled, turning around to face Marc with a dramatic ``How dare you?!" face in the mirror."But I do wonder, dear." Steven said, pacing his thumb on Eddie's eyebrows "Do you speak spanish to think about it like that?"
"I learned at school and I used to do some reports sometimes, but no " He said , turning his face towards his right and holding Steven's hands, intertwining their fingers. " Bullshit, you become freaking Shakira when you are drunk, Eddie. You should tell him about that one time in Mexico." Venom purred on his head, but he decided to ignore it.
Steven hummed and asked "But , do you know any Spanish words? I know a few, like casita, arepa , quejo .."
"Baby , you are just saying random words from that Encanto movie" Eddie chuckled as Steven hid his face in shame, biting his lip. He looked at the British and smiled "Don't need to be ashamed. The only two things that I know are cerveja and por favor. That 's all I got".
"Honestly, all you need if you just want to get drunk in Madrid" Marc said , a proud smile on his face. Steven looked at him like he just told him he saw the Queen of England riding a motorcycle "What? I have world experiences, you know?"
"Now you, bubu" Eddie said, bringing Steven's gaze onto his eyes. "Tell me if the sexiest British man alive can speak another language". Steven chuckled in delight as Eddie threw his arms towards his sides "I'm serious! You work in a museum, sure you know a thing or two about other languages." .
Steven put his finger on his chin, thoughtfully, "Well, I do know a little bit of ancient egyptian and hierography, also a little bit of French, but nothing to be bragged about.." . Eddie turned around to put his chin on Steven's lap, a playful smile on his face. "Be a twat and brag about it to me, please." . Steven looked at him and cracked a smile, he turned him around and started caressing Eddie's curls with soft touches.
"Okie dokie. I do recall this song I heard in a street presentation. It goes like this.." He closed his eyes and opened his mouth , gathering some air. " On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand-chose, elles passent en un instant, comme fanent les roses " .
Eddie listened carefully as his love continued " On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud, que, de nos chagrins, il s'en fait des manteaux.. " Steven opened his eyes and stared at Eddie, a sweet smile on his face.
" Pourtant, quelqu'un m'a dit,
Que tu m'aimais encore,
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit
" Que tu m'aimais encore
Serait-ce possible alors?"
Steven realized that he forgot the following lyrics, so he closed his mouth, humming the tune. Eddie smiled and put his arms on his stomach, relaxing and listening towards the melody. He felt Venom's purr inside him, enjoying the song as well .Marc curled his head in delight, watching the couple from the mirror reflection with a small smile on his face. As much as he often hated being dragged onto Steven's "smoothie smoothie" times with Eddie, he adored seeing his friend in moments like this. As for Steven, these were the most wonderful moments he could spend with someone. And he was glad he could spend it with the one who he loves the most.
Steven finished the melody, looking down at the sweet smile of Eddie. He approached his face and they shared a quiet kiss, as his finger's tangles together in a dance scryone. "Wow" Eddie gasped, as Steven separated their faces "My boyfriend is a singer. Holy shit you would be amazing in British Got Talent, babes!" he said , making Steven chuckled in delight. "Poppycock, dear. I'm nowhere near to be a singer, I'm an amateur, at most" he answered, hiding a proud smile from Eddie.
" If you are an amateur, Eddie's is one of those terrible performances from America's Got Talent that we saw on Youtube" Venom scoffed, making Eddie gasp in annoyance and Steven chuckled.
" Why does the blob have to interrupt every couple's sweet moment?” Marc mumbled, crossing his arms. Steven looked at him with delight and he asked " What? Can't I cheer for you, buddie?" Steven giggled as Eddie sat in front of him, crossing his legs.
“I think we need a celebration for my wonderful amateur love debut in the music world!” Eddie joked, touching Steven’s shoulders and making him blush “I wonder what we could do , however..”
“Well, we have the milkshake Venom mad-” Steven voice as he turned around to face their - I wouldn’t even call that crime scene a kitchen but they were so used to this mess they didn't even mind - "kitchen" and the white liquid on the blender "Oh..never mind". "It would be an option if you guys didn't decide to start smoothie-smoothie time. You waste perfectly fine milkshake, well done" Venom mumbled , making the couple and Marc roll their eyes.
"We could go out to grab a bite, or just make a 'promenade' " Eddie said, trying to avoid Steven's shocked expression of 'You know a little bit of French too?!' "But maybe..oh yes" a silly smile appeared on his face as he stood up, standing his hand towards Steven. "Babes, I think I had a great idea" he gestured towards the window "Shall we go?"
"Shouldn't.. shouldn't we take care of the kitchen, first?" Steven asked, pointing his thumb over his head. Eddie blinked and shook his face , waving his hand "Nah, don't worry, I won't explode on this state..probably"
" It's more like being a decent adult situation than a bomb one" Marc grumbled on Steven's head as he turned to face Eddie , sorry, Venom, a silly, creepy smile on their face. " Let 's go, popstar? " Venom said, curling his head to the side.
Steven blinked twice, thinking if this would be a good idea or if they would end up in jail like it almost happened last time they went on a date. " How could an adventure with my dear Eddie harm me?" he fought, shrugging his arms and touching Venom's arm, a sweet smile on his face. "Let's rock!" he said, happily.
Venom deepened their smile and grabbed him by the waist, making Steven let out a gasp , which turned into a scream as they jumped through the window, luckily not crashing it like usual. Venom's claws rapidly climbed onto the building, clinging onto the bricks as Steven tried to adjust himself on their back , at the same time trying to avoid having a heart attack.
" This is fine, this is fine , this is fine , this is fine " Steven kept reassuring himself as Venom reached the top of their apartment building, instantly rushing to the other side . He saw that they were reaching the end of the roof closer and closer. "A-are we gonna jump from here?!" Steven gagged.
" YES!" Venom screamed as he impulsively jumped from their building onto another, making the British slam his eyes shut as he felt the ground disappearing from their feet, his grip on Venom's neck strong like his life depended on him - which was the case.
After some minutes that felt like pure agony, Steven got the courage to slowly open his eyes, seeing the sky moving fast above them , with its little few stars dancing , similar to that day in Egipt, when Khonshu moved the sky with him, returning onto 2.000 years in the past. He held his grip onto Venom's neck as he cracked an amazed smile above.
"Look, Look!" He said pointing towards the sky. Venom turned his head above "There, right there! Those are the Three Marys." He said pointing towards a segment of three stars " Three stars perfectly aligned together. It's beautiful, isn't it? " .Venom nodded.
They kept running for a few minutes until Venom screamed " Hold on tight, Starboy" . He jumped onto the nearby building, starting to crawl it, smashing some of the concrete.
" Steven, whatever your do, don't look down." His mind warned him. Steven, in an almost automatic tune, tried to see how high they were and was appalled when he looked down. It looked like they were almost 40 floors up! " Oh, God Dammit Grant." Steven slammed his eyes closed, hugging Venom tighter. It's not that he had a fear of heights, it's just that he didn't want to die on his date with Eddie, you see.
Fortunately for the man, he felt Venom's feet harshly slamming onto the ground. He , however, refused to open his eyes, afraid of seeing another terrifying view. Steven felt Venom's body getting smaller and smaller until his feet could touch the ground again. He opened his eyes and faced the kind smile of Eddie, still in an embrace with Steven.
"Did you like the ride?" he asked. Steven awkwardly chuckled and answered "Well, we do experience death a ton , eh ? " Eddie laughed and turned around, removing Steven’s grip and allowing him to stare at a gorgeous swimming pool , illuminated by underwater blue light and decorated by dolphin and unicorn shaped floaters. "Wow" he exclaimed "Where are we?"
"Welcome to our private pool, babes," Eddie said , spreading his arms. ``It's actually Dan's and Annie's pool, but they let us use it, so it's our!" He screamed, spinning around. Steven approached the pool and the urgent feeling off making a cannonball onto it passed through his head, but he shook his head “It’s so lovely, love, but we didn’t even bring swimming clothes! How come we swim?”
Eddie passed his hands around his body, making him melt into their embrace. Eddie kissed the back of his neck and turned him around to lock themselves into a kiss. Steven gasped a moan as he felt Eddie’s hands go through his abdomen towards his waist, bringing him closer. “W-what is this all of the sudden , l-love?” he whispered.
Eddie found his favorite spot on his neck , attacking him with bites, making Steven immediately cup his mouth to smother another moan, Eddie’s hand making him feel weird. “It’s a surprise..” he whispered , making their noses touch in delight, Steven's mouth dropping. “...ATTACK!”
Out of the blue, Eddie jokily pushed Steven forward, making him scream and fall into the pool. Steven reached the top , heavily breathing from the scare as Eddie laughed , holding his stomach. He could hear Venom’s demonic laugh through his ears. “What was that for?!” Steven yelled, an unbelievable expression carved onto his face. “Rule number one of being a superhero, babes” Eddie said, sitting on the edge of the pool, his feet underwater “Don’t surrender to the exterior seduction”.
“ This bitch” Marc grumbled.
“I-is that so , eh?” Steven swimmed to be in front of Eddie , a cracked smile on his face. He quickly dragged Eddie down by his leg, making the American gasp. Eddie jumped ahead , embracing Steven by the neck as he laughed in delight. Steven smiled sweetly as he curled his legs around Eddie’s waist, making them float “How about this, then?” . Both of them laugh out loud.
Steven cupped Eddie’s cheeks he so loved and deepened his smile “I love you , Eddie Brock. I love you so much.” He closed his eyes as their foreheads touched. Eddie smiled and spinned them around. “And I love you , so, so much, Steven Grant” He whispered, looking at the eyes of the person he loved the most. They shared a passionate kiss as the moon shined bright above them.
They were safe. They were in love. They were together.