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seungfl0wer · 5 months ago

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I need some angst pleeez I love ur writing and would love to see more angst pleez break my heart

So I wanna request something like them calling you clingy or just bothersum? Take ur time tysvm <33

~Sunny ☀️

*Felix Calling You Clingy*

Hello there dear, so I started this and realized I’m probably just gonna have to make this into a small series. So you’ll be getting them all just spread out I hope that’s ok! Also thank you so much for the kind words i greatly appreciate it so much. I hope you like this. I started with Felix first for some reason his just kinda came out so here the first out of 8🩵

Includes: Texts messages, mentions of depression, arguing (of course has a happy ending they all may not though)

Small edit to put one of the messages is a small messed up I forgot to delete a line and I really don’t wanna go back through all of it and redo it😅 I’m sorry

Others here:

Bangchan , Minho, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, Jeongin

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Lix seemed to be avoiding you lately. You knew he was always pretty busy due to him being an idol however even when he had time off he just never wanted to spend time anymore. It’s been a good 3 weeks with no seeing him. With how he’s been acting and how life’s just been in general it made you depressed. You just kinda felt like you were doing everything wrong and weren’t good enough for him anymore.

It was 4AM, You were tossing and turning just feeling all the weight of everything on you. Your mind was just thinking of everything and anything. You wanted so badly just to message Lix, you really needed him right now. You kept going back and forth on whether you should or not, not wanting to bother him so late with your cry babiness. Before you knew it though you were already typing to him. You knew he was awake by the little green mark that showed he was playing a game you both use to play together. So he was up and online.

You couldn’t respond anymore. Your heart was breaking, you started bawling. All you could do is reply with a “k” which he hated. Which you also hated and only used when you were upset. You grabbed your pillows and all the blankets you could find and made a nest on your bed. Curling up into a ball. The blankets soft against your skin as you buried your face into them. They were the only comfort you could feel right now. You eventually ended up crying yourself to sleep.

How could the man you love say such things to you? How could he just spit so much hateful venom at you. Why not just dump you, just get it over with if he was so unhappy.

The next morning you had woken up to more texts:

Your chest tightened you reread the messages about a million times. Your mind started to spiral a bit. You wanted to cry wanted to yell wanted to beg him but you didn’t. With all the emotions and all the stress lately you went almost numb. The next couple days went by and you started to try and do things to help yourself. You went out with some friends, kept yourself busy with you hobbies and even met some new people online to play games with. One of the best things you decided though was you erased all of Felix’s messages. You couldn’t sit and reread all the stuff that was said. You couldn’t keep making yourself feel the hurt.

You knew lix well, you guys have been dating for almost 2 years now. Did he go about everything in a horrible way? Of fucking course. Are you just gonna forgive him for what he said easily? No, fuck no. However, you knew lix well enough to know what he said is probably eating him alive. Because he does love you and you know that. But he’s a human and sometimes we are just prone to being really fucking stupid sometimes.

After about a week and a half of radio silence on both ends. He messaged you.

After that you two texted a little here and there. He even FaceTimed you a few times just to show you the scenery. When he eventually came home you two sat down at your house to talk.

Felix kept apologizing, both of you were crying by the end of the conversation. Felix told you it wasn’t about you being “clingy” per-say he said he loved being around you but he wanted to make a day when he was off to just do something by himself. Even if it was just a few hours. He said how he felt like he just never gets alone time. How it’s either go go go with schedule, doing stuff with the members, coming to your place. He feels so stretched thin and that’s why he blew up.

He know he did wrong by doing so but you get it. Man could be taking a shit and someone would be trying to talk to him about his job and something. He doesn’t ever get time for himself. You both agreed that you’ll give him space. And the days he’s doing his own thing you won’t text him until he texts you.

He also wanted to assure you he doesn’t think you’re clingy, he loves how you are and wouldn’t change you for anything. He said what he said out of sleepless rage. But he knows he fucked up.

You both needed that night in a pillow fort he built for you, eating snacks, talking about other things and just cuddled up together. You missed him. You missed him so fucking much. Missed the sweet smell of his cologne, his beautiful bright smile decorated with little Hershey kiss freckles, and the most warm comforting laugh in the world. You laid in his arms through the night, it filled with such deep conversations, crying, laughing and more crying but out of happiness this time. You thought to yourself “we are gonna be ok, everyone has arguments but our bond is strong.”

💙 if you’d like to read more of my stuff you can find it Here: Master List . Thank you for reading and if requests are open or you just wanna talk feel free to send me something🩵

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angel-of-the-moons · 11 months ago

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Chocolates vs Aliens Pt. 2

Symbrock x Pregnant!Reader

TW/CW: NSFW, SMUT, PiV sex, unprotected sex, fluff, pregnancy, childbirth, anxiety, mentioned somnophilia (consented), lactation kink(?), oral sex (f! receiving)

MINORS DNI I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTENT YOU CONSUME

Taglist: @yoink-a-doink @jayfall93 @being-worthy @theflamingraven

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Every day passed meant it was another day your baby girl grew, another kick, another day closer to being able to hold her in your arms and see her tiny face.

Of course, Eddie and Venom were excited, too. You guys moved fast, but everything came in stride, as if you were together for years. Despite the strange circumstances surrounding the three of you, you were content. Eddie and Venom treated the baby as if they fathered it, and you couldn't be happier. Even if you and Venom were in a constant battle for dominance when it came to chocolate. (Spoiler: you almost always won.)

You especially loved it when Venom cradled your belly. He did it at every available opportunity he could snag. Eddie meanwhile took care of a few more mundane things, splitting with Venom the duties of helping your changing body as your due date closed in on you.

Eddie would massage your feet and swollen ankles, while Venom's inky body would surround your midsection, taking the weight of the baby up off your hips, easing the strain on your back...

But your favorite day so far has to be today.

Because right now, you were currently watching Eddie and Venom snap at each other as they struggled to assemble the crib you ordered online.

No written directions were included, merely pictures of most of the crib already assembled; and the two already had to take it apart three times to start over.

"No, that part goes to that part and that one goes there!" Eddie snapped as the symbiote held a screwdriver and a piece of the railing in a long inky tendril.

Venom growled deeply, "WE ARE NEVER BUYING ANYTHING FROM IKEA EVER AGAIN!"

"No the fuck we are not." Eddie huffed. "We're better off buying furniture at a goddamn yard sale!"

You giggled from where you rocked on your reclining chair, your belly heavy and rounded out; effectively making you look like you swallowed a melon whole.

Eddie and Venom snap their heads to pout at you.

"What're you laughing at?" Eddie asked.

"Yeah, we'd like to see you try to put something like this together!" Venom snorted.

"Nah, I already have my hands full putting together something waaaay more intricate." You snort back, looking through the cozy baby clothes you'd bought yesterday.

New Years was approaching, and you knew full well you would be due around then, and your poor tiny baby would be absolutely freezing! So you took the preemptive and bought little newborn winter clothes for your girl, including a cute little fluffy teddy onesie with a hood that had cute little ears on it.

"Oh, yeah?" Venom asked, narrowing his eyes skeptically.

"Yep." You pat your tummy, and the skin shifts as a tiny foot kicks from within.

"...Okay yeah fair point." Eddie chuckled, shaking his head.

"Yeahhh, mommy wins again!" You grin, patting your belly once more, earning yet another eager kick as you imagine it to be a high-five.

"What, are you keeping score now?" Eddie sighs, pointing the screwdriver at you.

"Damn right I am." You grin. "Mommy points for the win!"

"And how many points do we have?" Venom inquired, tilting his head.

"Not enough to beat meeeee~"

Both of them snorted and shook their heads, before turning back to the task of assembling the frustrating crib that would soon, very soon, cradle your newborn daughter.

If Eddie or Venom ever put her down, that is.

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Christmas came and went in what felt like the blink of an eye. Your little celebration was small, and you even invited Mrs Chen over to join in on your festivities.

Which mostly consisted of pizza, a sandwich board, and chicken wings, plus a few homemade goodies that Ms Chen brought with her. Not the best meal idea, but it was a party, and damn those wings were good.

You and Venom even gifted Sonny and Cher a nice little seed treat you baked for them as a Christmas present for being "such good birdies".

Baking for chickens, now that was a first. But hearing their happy little clucks as Venom petted them and talked baby to them was absolutely adorable and worth the trouble. As were the large eggs afterwards!

Your mood swings had petered out about two or three months ago (you weren't sure, but Eddie insisted when you didn't break into tears watching a documentary about penguins) and unfortunately, well...

There are other symptoms of a pregnancy that you really thought you could stave off. You tried, you really did, but Venom having such heightened senses and being able to pick up on your scent and hormones? Oh, yeah. You were screwed.

Literally. In several different ways. You'd only had sex once or twice in a previous relationship, and with how disappointing that was, you definitely preferred to handle your urges yourself.

Where your ex-partner previously failed, Venom and Eddie were overachievers.

Taking great care with your belly and baby, they did whatever they could to ensure you were comfortable before making you so strung out your brain could barely form a coherent thought. Between Venom's tongue and Eddie's hands, you were a whimpering, trembling mess when the two would take you to bed.

Venom was especially ravenous in his sexual appetite. After learning more about sex and the pleasure it brought since bonding with Eddie... Where his host was a meal, you were a full-course desert that he would lose himself in.

Some nights, when he would climb through your window, he would immediately seek you out, drawn in by the lingering adrenaline from the hunt and the smell of you.

When you weren't moving about your apartment, Venom could find you in bed, sleeping fitfully. That was when he would crawl up under the blankets and find his way between your legs, not letting up until you woke up a panting mess.

Yeah, definitely the best way to be woken up, in your opinion. There were worse ways. Waaaay worse. Especially because your pregnancy-libido certainly wasn't complaining, the rush of endorphins afterwards would help outweigh the growing anxiety as the days passed.

Every day meant you were closer to your due date. Every day meant you were closer to experiencing possibly the worst pain you will ever feel in your life.

And there was the chance something could go wrong, that your baby could get stuck, or the umbilical cord could wrap around her, or she could be in a breech position...

You feel Eddie's hands gently encircle you, lazily draped over your shoulders as you sat in the shower chair, the warm water pattering over you two. It was New Year's Eve, and you two decided a calm, relaxing shower was a nice way to unwind before you poked your head out of your window to watch the fireworks people would inevitably launch to usher in the new year.

"Hey, sweets." He said to you softly, his thumbs brushing your collarbone softly. "We can feel your pulse jumping like crazy. You okay?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I just..." You sigh.

"Liar." Eddie chuckled, bringing his large hands to your shoulders to press his thumbs into your weak spots, making you shiver and drag out a soft noise from you.

"C'mon." He urged gently as he massaged you, sending delightful shivers down your back and to your toes and all the way back up again.

"You can tell us, sweets. You thinking about the delivery again?"

You deflate a little, the bliss of his skilled hands drifting away from your grasp as the weight of your baby's birth came back to your mind.

"...Yeah. I'm just... I'm so, so worried, Eddie." You say, feeling your lip begin to wobble.

"I've read so many horrible things online of how it could go wrong, and..."

Venom's head suddenly slinks around you until his strange body is stretched so he could look you in the eyes.

"But there's also good things." He rumbled. "You might have a quick birth, not having to go through it for hours or even days..."

"And hey, you might even be one of those ladies who sneezes and pop! The baby's out!" Eddie added in, making Venom groan.

You can help but chuckle at how absurd it sounded, and you knew Venom was inwardly cringing at such a naive suggestion.

"I doubt I'll be that lucky." You sigh, a smile finally gracing your soft lips.

"Hey! You never know!"

"Idiot." Venom huffed.

"Shithead." Eddie smirked.

You feel your anxieties settle a bit, at least for now.

Your hands trail over your belly, over the thin purple lines crossing your skin, your fingers gently caressing the rising and falling bumps as your baby shifted and rolled around inside your womb.

"...Willow." Venom suddenly said.

You and Eddie blinked and stared at him, brows raised and eyes large, a long silence filling the shower as the water ran over you.

"What?" You ask him.

"For a name. You're gonna be due any day now." He purred, leaning his face closer to your belly.

"Still haven't settled on one."

"Where did you hear that name, Vee?" Eddie asked, shock evident in his tone.

"In some TV show I flicked through when you two were asleep. I like it." He replied simply, pressing his muzzle to your belly, feeling the tiny feet and hands thrash out from within.

"Okay, as far as names go that's... actually a good one." Eddie murmured.

"...Willow." You repeat softly.

It was a beautiful name. And honestly... You liked it. You had yet to pick a name for yourself, indecision being your worst enemy your entire life made the process that much harder.

Picking a name was one of your fears, too. You wanted your daughter to have a wonderful one; one she could carry with pride, and the pressure you placed on yourself to pick the perfect one was what screwed you up on that.

But this name, the one Venom suggested felt... right.

"Yeah." You smile once again. "Yeah. Her name can be Willow."

Venom grinned a shark-like grin and nuzzled his face into your belly like a happy affectionate cat, purring like one, too.

"Well, I'm glad that's a weight off of you." Eddie chuckled, resuming his earlier massage into your shoulders, earning another blissful sigh from you.

Yeah... Things will work out. After all, as long as you had these two with you, you felt like you could handle anything.

You relaxed and leaned into Eddie's touch, a little whimper escaping you as his thumbs knead into a knot in your shoulders.

Venom grinned up at you, and you knew fell the glint in his eyes meant you were in trouble.

And you knew that Eddie had the same smirk.

"No point in hiding it, sweet thing." Venom growled lowly, his tongue laving out to taste the skin on your hip, tracing the stretch marks etched into your skin.

"We know what gets you going." Eddie said quietly, leaning in to whisper in your ear.

You shivered when Venom's tongue slithered lower, past the swell of your midsection and down to your twitching clit.

"It's n-not my fault..." You whined, your voice cut off by a breathy moan as you felt Venom's tongue squirm past your entrance and into your tight, gummy walls.

"Of course not." Eddie hummed, massaging your shoulders as you arched your spine as little as you could; Venom's inky body slinked around you, enveloping you and keeping you from slipping off the shower chair in the process while he proceeded to eat you out with voracious hunger.

Eddie hissed suddenly, his fingers halting in their ministrations to squeeze you softly.

"Eddie, what--" You panted.

But that's when you felt it. The water was getting cold.

"Maybe we should move this to the bed, hm?" Venom cackled.

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"Eddie, fuck..." You whimpered fingers gripping tight into your bedsheets as Eddie rutted his nose against your clit, his lips and tongue dancing through your soaked folds as his hands pawed at your hips, bringing you down closer every time you squirmed away.

As Eddie devoured you, part of Venom's mass was completely surrounding his cock, sucking and stroking in time with his tongue as it pushed and pulled against your weeping cunt.

It was too much, and not enough at the same time. As much as you wanted more, you also wanted to push him away because the sensations were beginning to become too much for you to handle.

Your eyes were rolled back into your head as you felt that blissful feeling begin roll into a roaring crescendo, threatening to overtake you and make your heart patter out of your lungs.

God, you wished your belly wasn't in the way so you could see what he looked like between your legs. One day, soon.

Or, well... At least once you were fully recovered after the birth. Which would probably be a while.

You were so lost in Eddie's mouth working you over that you didn't notice Venom leering at you, saliva dripping around his fangs as his eyes narrowed to barely-there slits, focused intently on your heaving breasts; both long since swollen and sensitive as your milk came in.

You certainly didn't notice the small beads of hazy white liquid beading up and threatening to roll down the soft mounds of flesh as your orgasm approached.

"Oh, fuck--" You gasped, weakly rolling your hips to meet Eddie's eager mouth.

For a split second, you hear Venom snarl softly, before all of a sudden his mouth was on you, latching onto your pebbled nipple, his tongue rolling and squeezing your breast to get out every drop of that sweet liquid he could.

"Fuck." Eddie groaned, pulling back to breathe heavily.

Venom made sure Eddie could taste your milk as he drank from you readily, the flavor coating his tongue and flooding his taste buds to combine with the sweet taste of your nectar that coated his face and chin.

It was an intoxicating combination.

Eddie's eyes rolled a bit as he dove back in, aggressively sucking and nipping at your clit, gently prodding your entrance with his fingers as Venom proceeded to try and drain your breasts of all their milk.

All at once, the combined feelings had your mind blacking out, every muscle tensing as you came; your teeth snagging your bottom lip between them and you made a loud moan, barely able to string their names out of your mouth as they helped you ride out your orgasm.

Eddie pulls his mouth away from you and rises to his knees while Venom pulls himself free (albeit reluctantly) of your breast, licking the stray rivulets of milk that had begun to run down the sides of your tits.

"So sweet, love." He purred, licking his chops. "But we need more."

Venom's head merged back into Eddie's body, his inky mass slinking down his arms until it was comfortably arching your hips and back off the bed while Eddie rutted his sensitive cock against your sensitive cunt, still fluttering and clenching around nothing as the remnants of your orgasm waned.

But every lazy stroke of his hips sent little bolts of lightning arcing through your nerves, stretching out the little aftershocks just a bit farther as he carefully slid his cock into your hungry cunt.

"Fucking tight." Eddie hissed through clenched teeth, his eyes pinching shut.

"Not gonna last long, sweets." He rasped.

Between Venom working his cock over and edging him while he ate you out, and how your silky wet heat enveloped him so wonderfully tight, he could already feel himself getting lost in your body.

"Eddie, please..." You keened, your fingers going to grip at his wrists, your nails digging into his skin with each plunge of his cock into your needy hole.

He was careful with you, trying not to jostle you (and the baby) too much as he fucked you.

You felt the pressure build up low in your belly once more, squeezing down and sending another tight feeling down your spine as you became hyper-aware of every vein in his cock as he glided in and out of your hole.

"Almost, baby, almost..." Eddie breathed, wriggling one of his wrists free so he could brace it in the pillow by your head to give himself a bit of leverage as he rocked his hips into yours.

He could feel his orgasm climbing fast; sweat dripping down his brow as your delicate hands slid over his shoulders. The way you bit your lip and locked eyes with him only drove him further into no man's land.

"Fuck." He moaned weakly, his pace stuttering and dragging out as he felt the first volley of cum shoot out of his sensitive tip.

He had enough control to pull out, rutting his hips over your belly as the rest of his cum shot over your swollen belly and twitching pussy, his cock once more rutting against you as he came hard.

Your teeth grit and your nails dug in as Eddie buried his face in the crook of your neck, panting hard into your damp skin as you feel a sensation you were almost familiar with burst low, a fresh burst of wetness gushing from you are the pressure on your lower spine builds and tingles.

"Oh, fuck." You swallow. "Eddie."

"Yeah?" He asks, pulling back to look down at you with an almost cocky smile on his face.

"I think my water broke."

He and Venom both immediately began to panic.

"WHAT?!"

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The scrambling to get to the hospital moved by you in a blur. One minute Eddie was hastily dressing you in one of your sundresses, slippers, and a pair of panties, the next you were carried like some sort of fairytale princess down to the car park.

Good luck getting an ambulance out to your place tonight...

Eddie and Venom bickered the whole time to your car, your hospital bag prepped and slung over Eddie's shoulder as he guided you down to your car.

They sat you in the passenger seat and helped you buckle in as the first set of contractions ripple through you. As the pain flashed, you couldn't help but be reminded by your earlier concerns.

You read that some women felt pain for days, or hours before their water broke. Why were you only feeling it now? Was that a bad thing? Was something wrong?

Fuck, you knew it would hurt, but... you weren't prepared for the sudden sharp stabbing. You expected it to start as a throb and build from there, not immediately start out like someone was hacking away at your lower half.

When you arrived at the hospital, Eddie had actually slipped and busted his ass on the freshly mopped floor in his haste to fetch you a wheelchair.

You would have laughed, if you hadn't been gripping the safety handle in the car, screaming as another sharp jolt stabbed through you.

A few nurses even chased him out, harping about how he could have a concussion from falling, but quieted when they saw what had him in such a frantic rush.

Your baby girl was coming, whether you were ready or not.

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It had been close to four hours, and you were almost ready to deliver; nearly fully dilated, as your obstetrician cheerfully announced, a smile so cheerful and calm you almost kicked her in the face.

She was less impressed with Eddie, however, as she pulled him out of the delivery room to talk.

"We'll be right back, luv." She assured you sweetly.

"Uh... Is--is everything okay? You were saying they were okay, and--" He blurted out nervously.

"No, no, she's fine." She assured him, pushing her glasses up her nose once more.

"Then what..."

"I couldn't help but notice how hesitant she was to tell me how she went into labor. But I have to know, did she fall? Injure her belly in any way?" She questions.

"No! No, god no." Eddie said, waving his hands and shaking his head. "Nothing like that!"

She crossed her arms and tapped her finger on her bicep, a thick brow quirking upwards on her freckled brow.

"...Were the two of you having sex?"

Fuck.

Shit.

Fuck fuck fuck.

FUCK.

"Uh... I, er..." Eddie put a hand on his hip and scratched the back of his head, casting a look into the room where you were read-faced and sweaty while the nurses wiped your face with a towel while your hands gripped the handles in the birthing chair you were seated in.

He blew a puff of air out of his cheeks.

God, he wanted to crawl into a hole and die. The embarrassment of the situation was too much for him, having this teeny tiny Irish woman stare him down.

"I'm not judging you." She says flatly, not letting him escape her microscopic gaze. "But I have to tell you that there is a reason we tell pregnant patients to avoid penetrative sex, or excessive sex this late into their third trimester. It can make them go into labor."

She clicked her tongue and sighed. "You're lucky that she was so close to her due date that the baby isn't in any real danger. But it was still reckless. Regardless if she consented or not, this sort of thing can be dangerous, you hear me?"

Eddie wilted, feeling very much like a puppy who got caught wee'ing on the carpet, shame and mortification filling every inch of his body. Even Venom felt this way, cringing internally at the truths the doctor spat at them as she gave her lecture.

Her rant was cut short when you made a sharp yelp, jerking and clutching at your belly and one of the nurses came rushing to the doorway.

"Doctor O'Halloran, she's ready. We can already feel the baby's head. Looks like this baby wants out now!" She said, absolutely calm and no concern in her voice. If anything, she sounded excited!

Eddie meanwhile was frantic as O'Halloran clicked her tongue again, checking her watch with an almost bored glance. "Huh. Look't that. Well! Let's get this baby out of her! Adjust the chair so she's a bit more comfortable."

She grinned at Eddie, "Well? C'mon, Papa! You better be in here to see your baby girl!"

He felt his heart surge and flop in his chest when she said that. It was finally settling in.

Papa.

Their baby. Their baby girl.

Eddie had scrambled to behind the chair, leaning forward to wrap his arms around you.

He was glad he had Venom to strengthen his body, because god, could he swear you had suddenly gained incredible super strength as you began to push, crying and screaming as your lungs were squeezed of air, the pain so blinding you had actually fainted for a few seconds, all while not losing your inhumanly tight grip on his hand.

You had shouted more obscenities than Eddie and Venom had ever heard you swear, in between crying and apologizing for saying them and fainting like a messed up cycle.

Doctor O'Halloran assured Eddie this was normal rather calmly as you came to yet again, just to cry and scream again as your body struggled to push the baby free of your birth canal.

The smell of blood immediately had Venom wanting to surge forth, despite knowing there was nothing he could do for you currently except support you from inside of Eddie as you endured the most painful struggle of your life and he bore witness to something he'd never seen with his own eyes.

The bringing of a life into the world.

It hurt the both of them, to see you hurting so badly as you strained to bring Willow out for the world to see. Thankfully, as Venom had hoped earlier in the night, your birth was going quickly.

Not painlessly, of course, oh no. Definitely not painless.

"The moment we get home, I'm bonding with her. I know I can do it." Venom whined within Eddie as you sobbed in pain. "I want to fix her. I don't want her to hurt anymore after this."

Eddie silently agreed, hoping you would consent to melding with the symbiote to heal the damages your body was going through to birth your baby.

They just wished that you didn't have--

All at once, your body went slack and your eyes shut, but before the boys could panic any further, a tiny, ear-piercing wail filled the room.

"A girl! A nice set of lungs on her!" O'Halloran laughed as she scooped up and handed the newborn off to the nurse. She knew that Eddie (and Venom of course) were too preoccupied between staring in awe at the squirming purple body the nurse held to focus on cutting the cord.

All they could think about was her.

She was here. In front of them. Finally.

Those tiny feet that kicked out at them all this time, the little head they could feel shift around in your belly...

The nurses adjusted the chair enough to allow you to lean back, and Eddie covered your face in kisses, waking you up again with a mad grin.

And, heaven fucking bless you; amazing, gorgeous, powerful you, you smiled back. A tired, watery smile as you cried in victory.

Giving birth and being birthed was the closest thing that someone could come to dying and still come out of it. Many were not so lucky, but they were glad you were among the majority that emerged from this bloody struggle with a smile on your face and mirth in your bloodshot eyes.

The nurses wiped your baby down a bit before pulling your gown down to place her squirming, hiccuping body onto your bare chest.

Your hands weakly went to cradle her warm body, kissing the top of her head where a patch of fuzzy hair was.

"Hey, sweetheart." You sniffled, whispering against the wet fuzz.

You could barely get words out as emotions surged out of you all at once, overwhelming your body and mind as you cradled your precious child.

Almost immediately as your voice washed over her, it was as if the angry baby instantly calmed. It was like your soft, happy sobs were a soothing balm to her squirming body.

Neither could tell who moved it first, but Eddie's hand went to cover yours, Willow looking positively teeny beneath his large hand, watching in awe as her tiny, fat little fingers clawed and groped at your chest.

The sounds of loud booms from outside filled your ears, making her jump and wail once more as you coo'd and murmured to your baby.

"Hey, Eddie?" You sniffled, looking up at him.

"Y... Yeah?" Eddie asked, his throat tight as tears began to build at the corners of his eyes.

You tipped your head and kissed his jaw, weak and tired.

"Happy new year."

You were only faintly aware of the nurses cheering; both the healthy baby you birthed and in celebration of the new year ahead of you.

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They kept you at the hospital for another two days after you gave birth. After passing the placenta and remaining viscera of the birth, your body felt like literal tons of strain had been lifted from you.

And of course you, at the same time, felt like you had been tackled unprotected by a professional linebacker.

So, of course as soon as Venom offered to ease your comfort and repair the damage you agreed. It would certainly save on the recovery time. Sure, it would be hard to explain during your next checkup, but you'd cross that bridge when you got to it.

Ms Chen had gone to the hospital, as she was practically the closest thing either of you had to a mother and she wanted to see the baby. She carried an armload of supplies with her, too. Including some kinda balm that frankly stunk of something akin to menthol, but whatever it did, it certainly eased the pain on your poor nethers.

And of course, she gave a shit-eating grin when you named her honorary grandma.

Even Eddie's ex, Anne, came with her fiancee to congratulate him and coo over the adorable little bundle he so proudly cradled in his strong arms.

He certainly had nurses swooning, but you knew their eyes were only for you. Especially after he cried some more when you wanted his name on her birth certificate.

Right now, you watched as Willow suckled on her cute pink pacifier that Anne had slipped down to the gift shop to buy while they were at the hospital.

She was dressed in a soft two-piece to ensure the remnants of the umbilical cord weren't too aggravated, her cute little face pinched as she grunted in her sleep, exhausted from feeding and content as you carefully swaddled her.

Eddie came up behind you as Venom's head emerged from his body, all three of you looking down as your newborn dreamt whatever dreams babies had. Probably about her next feeding time.

"She's so fucking cute." Eddie sighed dreamily.

"I know! And she's so chunky." You giggle. "I had a real meatball of a baby. No wonder I was so big."

"Nah, you're beautiful." Eddie chuckled, kissing the skin of your shoulder that had been exposed by your oversized T-shirt. One of his, for sure, but he didn't mind.

Venom purred in a near-silent content, before turning to look at Eddie with a shark-like grin, sending a thought telepathically for only him to hear.

The thought made Eddie choke and start to laugh as he buried his face in the crook of your neck.

"What? What's so funny, you ginormous dorks?" You snicker.

"Ah. Eh..." Eddie said, grinning widely. "...Vee says he calls dibs on the next one."

"Next one..?" You say, your brows furrowing.

"Yeah... the next one. He wants to be the one to knock you up next time."

"Oh, my god!" You gasped, spinning around to slap at Eddie's shoulder while he and Venom laughed. "You two are horrible! Have mercy on my poor body!"

Venom leaned in, nuzzling the pulse in your neck.

"We didn't hear a no..."

#venom x eddie #eddie x venom #eddie x venom x reader #eddie brock x venom x reader #eddie brock x you #eddie brock x reader #eddie brock x venom #venom x you #venom x reader #eddie x venom smut #symbrock x reader #symbrock

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Intresting Astrology facts (Vedic Astrology) Part 2.

Venus in fifth house natives will get money when they are into learning, teaching, counseling.

Venus in sixth house actually is debilitated, and gives problems in relationship, but here you can make money from service and charity, good for people who are into job.

Venus seventh house should go buisness in partnership.

Vedic astrology States that men who has their Venus in seventh house shoul not give importance to beauty in their partners because they will spoil their Venus instead focus on compatibility because seventh house is opposite to first house, so your partner should be of your energy match, hence Mars in seventh house should go partners with exalted Mars.

Venus ninth House, Venus with Jupiter, natives should always keep their morality and values on pedestal. Such natives can do work regarding religion and spirituality, and counseling.

Venus tenth House. Tenth house is your job and career and Venus is beauty, luxury, clothes, cosmetics, hence any Venus related work or job would be good as well, but as Venus in the house of Saturn, best remedy for Venus tenth house is take good care of shoes, or wear only branded shoes, as shoes are Saturn.

Venus eleventh House - Work related to social media, networking, even photography and videography would be good.

Venus twelfth house- Twelfth house is of foreign travels and foreign lands, so work related to import export, MNCs, or go to foreign land and work there

Venus is also healing, hence good Venus natives are great in healing others.

Venus with Moon, or Saturn Moon conjunction or in trine should choose work where they can travel alot, as moon is change of place.

Venus Mars Rahu conjunction or in trine should choose place where they get entirely different culture, like culture shock, but this culture shock is gonna be extremely beneficial for their money.

Venus Mars Ketu in conjunction or trine should go to place where people are connected to their roots, as ketu is roots.

Venus Mars, in conjunction or in trine if facing problems in work life, then change your place shift near hill station or mountains, as in vedic astrology Mars is Mountain.

Venus is money and Rahu is cheating, native who has Venus Rahu in conjunction or in trine could get cheated.

Venus moon Rahu - online cheating of Money.

Venus Sun Rahu, cheating by boss or higher authority, or father can get cheated.

Venus Sun Rahu native family will rise once they shift to foreign land, as rahu is foreign land and sun is family.

Venus Mercury Rahu- Cheating in documents or in business or by friends.

Venus Mars Rahu -Cheating in land or by brother, or brother can get cheated.

Venus Saturn Rahu Cheating by employees or people working under you or by elder member

Venus Jupiter Rahu Cheating by guru or teacher or by highly knowledgeable person.

If women has harmonal issues then Venus is afflicted.

If man has fertility problems then Venus is afflicted.

If your Venus is under the influence of malefics then you would fall sick often and has low immunity..

Natives with Saturn retro are obsessed with shoes and cleaning their foot

Natives with Mars Rahu often see or can come in contact with venomous insects, like bees, snakes, spider..

Ketu is Traingle and number of ketu is three, so Mercury ketu Native will always have three best friend.

Ketu is enemy of all planets except Jupiter.

If your ketu is debilitated then pray to your ancestors as ketu is roots

Natives with strong ketu are attached to their roots

Saturn ketu will pull you towards your roots, what work your ancestors were into, same work you will get into..

Whichever planets ketu is sitting or which ever house it is in you have to be spiritual regarding to it,

Venus ketu- spiritual regarding Money

Saturn ketu -spiritual regarding work

Jupiter ketu -spiritual knowledge.

Mercury Ketu -spiritual books or reading.

Mars ketu -spiritual regarding your land and property, and body, you need to treat your body and home as temple.

Moon ketu - Spiritual mindset.

Sun Ketu - Spiritual regarding family, respect every one in the family and think people around you are just big family of yours.

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Let's say you see the new Venom movie this weekend. Then you want to read the comics. Reading guides can be very overwhelming. So as a Venomaniac, let me give a broader approach discussing main storylines, what's worth your time, and where I think you should/could start.

80s-90s: Origin, First Villain Run, Transition to Hero

The Alien Suit Saga begins in Amazing Spider-Man #252 (1984) after Peter finds the goo in Secret Wars #8. Then more specific Eddie/Venom shenanigans start in 298-300. Venom's whole origin story can be found in a trade paperback (aka a TPB) called Spiderman: Birth of Venom which also includes issues from other series to fill out the story. Venom continues to be a villain in Spider-Man for awhile, so most of his story up through 1993 is found across Amazing Spider-Man and Web of Spider-Man. There're couple of collections that cover parts of this, but the most complete is Spider-Man Vs Venom. From this era you can also get the trade paperback called Carnage: Born in Blood which covers the arrival and birth of Carnage. A more in depth reading guide will give you these individual issues, and you can find them all in Marvel Unlimited or other online source.

(I'm having a hard time finding what I feel is the optimal link, but these have the information, at least).

Birth of Venom individual issues.

Birth of Carnage individual issues.

These are all very 80s and 90s comics, however, so they require a little bit of fortitude if you've never read comics before. This theme will continue up through Venom's solo work through the 90s.

Venom's solo stuff begins with Venom: Lethal Protector in 1993 (available as a TPB). This is the arc where Eddie moves from villain to hero. It also introduces the first symbiote spawn and a few other major lore elements.

Up through the rest of the decade there are A LOT of 3-4 issue mini-runs starting with Venom: Funeral Pyre. You can knock each of them out in an evening, and they provide some details about character and story. You absolutely don't have to read most. There are some key ones, though, where the lore carries through:

Venom: The Madness brings value not in lore, but in narrative. It shows the way Eddie and the other physiologically affect each other. It's also just really good.

Venom: Separation Anxiety separates Eddie and the symbiote, exploring the changes in their relationship and deals with more spawn. This one is a major influence on the first movie.

Carnage: Unleashed gives more development to Carnage and sets a story beat up for later.

Go back to Spider-Man for Planet of the Symbiotes. This expands on symbiote lore and is a key element of Eddie and the others relationship. You can read it as individual issues or as a TPB. This one has a major influence on Venom 1 and 3.

Venom: Sinner Takes All introduces She-Venom, traumatizes Anne, and sets some later lore hooks for story.

Venom: The Hunger expands on the brain eating/addiction and introduces the chocolate substitute. They also hold hands at the movies, and I think that's super important, personally.

Venom: Seed of Darkness is one of the lesser priority ones but does provide some interesting Eddie backstory.

Venom: Finale the symbiote temporarily dies, and it sets up narrative for future comics.

If you've never read comics before, this whole era might be a difficult starting place. Mostly because the ethos of comics have changed, and it can be harder to connect with material from the 80s and 90s. It's not bad, it's just different. It's kind of essential narrative and lore establishment, however. So either accept the challenge or come back to it later and accept you'll have gaps in the lore. If you've read pre-2000s comics before, you'll be fine. Read from the beginning. It's a riot.

Venomnibus 1 and 2 covers this era.

2000-2010

There's a bit of a tricky transition here over the change in millennia as Venom goes back to being a villain for a bit, joining the Sinister Six. Because of this most of the story moves back to Spider-Man. The problem is: there's major story shit introduced, and there isn't a collected edition that covers this era properly. You'll require a reading guide or accept the lore gap.

In 2003 they get their shit together, and Venom becomes a hero again. The first solo run here is Venom Vol 1 by Daniel Way. This is collected into 4-5 trades, also appears in Venomnibus 3, and consists of 4 arcs. This one never got narratively resolved, but Wolverine is there. So that's something. This is probably the most skippable of the "big series" however you could use this as a starting place. It's early enough that you won't be missing the second phase of lore, and it's a more "modern" story. However, it's not the strongest of the runs, so it might set the wrong expectations.

Venom/Carnage is pretty good, introduces Toxin, and transitions us into the next narrative beat.

The Symbiote and Eddie Part Company, Scorpion!Venom Begins

Here is where Venom becomes a villain again!

Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #5-12 are often left off reading guides, but they transition the symbiote from Eddie to Angelo Fortunato to Mac Gargan.

Gargan, as Venom, then joins the Thunderbolts for a while. This is in Thunderbolts #110-127

Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man is the story of Mac Gargan fuckin' around as Venom/Dark Spider-Man

I'm of the opinion you can pretty much skip the entire Gargan era, and you won't lose much going forward.

Venomnibus 3 also collects much of this.

Also skip Venom: Dark Origin, for now. It sort of rewrites Eddie in a way that didn't really stick going forward.

Right at the end here, Carnage gets a few more series and Eddie as Anti-Venom is first introduced in Spider-Man. Anti-Venom barely shows up, at first, but he persists going forward. There's no dedicated collection of this.

2010->today

Flash Thompson/Agent Venom Begins

Here, the government strips the other from Mac and gives it to military vet Flash Thompson

After a bit of Spider-Man prologue, this kicks off properly in 2011 with Venom Vol 2 by Remender and Bunn. The Spider Island crossover as part of this run goes in tandem with Amazing Spider-Man. You can use a guide to sort these issues or get the TPB.

If you start here you're coming in right at the start of the next major phase of lore for Venom that covers all the Cool Space Shit. It's a fan favorite and objectively well-written run, but it's also thematically and narratively a bit of a turn from all the others. It will also be a really really long time before you see Eddie as Venom. So just keep that in mind going forward.

Flash Goes to Space

Agent Venom also joins the Thunderbolts from issue #1-23 (Way and Soule). This is skippable.

His story continues in the��Guardians of the Galaxy run from 2014, joining in issue #14. The most important part of his tenure with Guardians, however is issue #21-23. This is where we see the symbiote/Klyntar homeworld.

He rejoins the Guardians for 20 issues in the next run starting in 2015, but it's skippable.

I can't find a collected edition that covers the Thunderbolt and Guardians eras, so it might require a reading guide.

Venom: Space Knight is sick as fuck and my favorite with Flash. A lot of good, juicy alien lore.

Eddie Becomes Venom, Again

Before Eddie goes back to his boyfriend, he spends some time as Toxin. The bulk of this is covered in the 2015 Carnage run by Conway.

Venom Vol 3 by Costa begins in 2016, and we see the transition from Flash to Lee Price briefly the finally back to Eddie. This is my personal favorite major run. It currently comes in 4 TPB. Starting here gives you street level Venom again but does drop you deep shit into the lore. You can one-hundred percent start here, though, extremely easily because they treat it as a soft reboot.

You'll see the start of the Venomverse and Venomized runs. You can skip those, for now.

Venom Inc. is available as a TPB and gathers a bunch of cross-issue comics. Lee becomes Maniac. Flash and Eddie duke it out.

Some more lore important stuff happens in Spider-Man, but isn't collected, again.

First Host is a really great mini-run in 2018 that talks about the true first host of the symbiote. It's available as a TPB.

The Cates run (vol 4) (also has Bunn on it) begins in 2018, and it's very very good. It's where the character of Knull comes from, as featured in the new movie. A lot of people start here and have a good time. The way it's narratively constructed, it's beginner friendly, but you're sort of coming in at the end of Eddie's arc.

This also involves the Absolute Carnage and King in Black crossover events which are collected in a TPB/Omni.

This is also all collected in the recent Cates and Stegman Venomnibus.

The current Ewing run (vol 5) ends literally next month (cries), but you CANNOT START HERE. Without the previous Cates run, the current run is missing vital story and lore information. You will be so lost, at first, that it simply won't be fun.

You'll note I've skipped a number of side runs including a few Carnage runs and Toxin. Slot them in if you want additional lore and story, but you can get by without them if it all becomes too much.

The lore drops that appear in Spider-Man in between solo runs might seize you up for a moment, but when necessary, the solo comics will catch you up as needed.

The past five years have also seen a handful of retro-runs that go back in time to tell stories from Eddie's early time with Venom. You could slot them in with the other 90s mini-runs, but I think they're more fun after you've been reading for awhile.

A new run is starting in December called All New Venom where Eddie will no longer be the host. Who will? We don't know! The way it's being advertised, I'm going to make a guess it ends up being a passable starting point for new readers. I'll know when I get my issue #1.

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mykoreanlove · 10 months ago

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Fake date me please?

How Felix and you ended up fake-dating

Ever since you uploaded a new picture to your socials, your phone wouldn’t stop ringing. Every notification made your stomach turn, each one was more venomous than the next.

Y/N is such an ugly bitch!!!! How many filters did you put on this? No wonder no guy wants to date her – look at her.

You didn’t mind the insults about your looks or how you chose to express yourself but the point about you being unloved stung badly. It was true – you had a shitty record when it came to love. No guy you had ever truly liked, wanted to be with you. You were always the odd one, the one no one considered as girlfriend material.

Sadly, the bullying didn’t stop online. A couple of girls you had classes with appeared next to you, pointing their fingers at you, whispering, and laughing.

“Jesus, look at that disgusting cow. I wouldn’t touch her if you paid me to!”

They all broke into laughter, feeling their best while you felt your worst. You focused on the hot cup of coffee in your hands, trying your best not to break down in front of everyone as you felt a hand on your shoulder.

“Sorry lovebug, did you wait long for me?”

You looked into the most beautiful brown eyes you had ever seen. Blonde curls framed his face while heart-shaped lips smiled at you sweetly.

Felix, one of the most beloved guys on campus, stood right in front of you, calling you lovebug.

Or did you hear that wrong?

“Classes ran late but I’m here now. You look so beautiful today, baby.”

Nope, you heard that right.

“What is that bitch doing with Felix?”, the girls whispered in agony. “Did he call her baby? Seriously?”

Jealousy was written all over their faces, that at least made you feel better.

Felix sat down next to you, as the bullies left the café. You exhaled deeply, trying to let go of the stress you felt in your body.

“I hope I didn’t cross a line, but I couldn’t stand seeing them doing this to you.”

Your eyes started to tear up – no one had shown you this much kindness in ages.

“No, no, no. Thank you, Felix. I really appreciate it”, you hastily replied.

He frowned in amusement. “You know who I am?”

Was he joking? Everybody knew who he was. Girls on campus would murder to be with him. But you couldn’t be one of them, you wouldn’t dare to be one of them.

“Yeah, we have English lit together.”

His eyes widened in surprise. “We do? Shit, I should start paying attention more.”

You stuck your hand out laughing. “Y/N. Nice to meet you, Felix.”

You chatted for a while about this and that, but Felix needed to know more about your life.

“Does this happen often?”

You looked down embarrassed, explaining your misery to him. “I see”, he nodded understandingly.

“Hey, I got an idea. Why don’t I be your boyfriend?”

You choked on your drink.

“What?”

He smiled reassuringly.

“Yeah, let’s teach those brats a lesson. They bully you for being single? Fine, date me then!”

He saw the bewilderment in your eyes and tried to explain himself more.

“It’s like a fake relationship, y/n. This way, they let you live your life peacefully and I can teach them a lesson on kindness.”

“Are you… are you serious?”

Felix packed both of your stuff into his brown leather bag while flashing you his most charming smile.

“Come on. Let’s go on a date!”

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strangeshadowdreamer · 12 days ago

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Facts are the enemy of truth

I deeply appreciate the effort that was put into every detail in «Venom 2». Take this scene, for example. It is lovely in every way: dialogue, setting, lighting… the whole atmosphere

The interesting thing about the setting is that was made especially for the scene

Because in our world the monument and that building with arches in the background are 3.76 km (2.34 mi) away from each other

It’s cool that filmmakers took trouble to make it look great in the movie

The Miguel de Cervantes Memorial by Joseph Jacinto Mora is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The statue was temporarily relocated or built for the filming purposes as it served as a symbolic reference to the theme of companionship and adventure

Also, after introducing Venom to Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Eddie said «Facts are the enemy of truth». I did some research online and found out that this phrase is attributed to Cervantes. This is probably why Eddie remembered it. But the phrase itself does not actually belong to Cervantes. According to various websites (like this one https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/24965/does-don-quijote-in-fact-say-facts-are-the-enemy-of-truth) the phrase does not appear in «Don Quixote de la Mancha» written by Miguel de Cervantes. It comes from a musical based on Cervantes' work (libretto by Dale Wassermann entitled "The Man of La Mancha")

P.S. Thank you, Roberto Carlos Rejas, for sharing this photo as a picture of Cervantes monument in Google maps

#eddie brock #venom #venom movie #venom symbiote #venom 2021 #venom let there be carnage #venom: let there be carnage #venom 2 let there be carnage #movie locations

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traumatizedpomelo · 2 months ago

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i, somebody who has only ever watched one (1) anime, attempts to guess what they're about

this is based almost entirely off of various edits I have accidentally come across online

bungou stray dogs

famous authors are turned into twinks?

bandage boy and redhead god have an enemies to lovers arc! they even have their own convenient partnership name!

apparently the tiger is the MC? unclear. the fandom seems to think that bandage boy is the MC.

is bandage boy bi or just in the closet? also unclear!

they're all twinks but small angry redhead god is the twinkiest of them all

mersault???

Tired Blond Dad

jujutsu kaisen

gay and sad

again, MC is unclear. is it pinkie pie or Gojo?

like half the problems would be solved if Gojo and Geto were allowed to just be in a romance novel instead of whatever this is

pink boy and spiky hair boy are just satosugu 2: electric boogaloo

Geto gets skinjacked?

CURSES

sukuna.........is basically Venom??

geto has a dragon, that's pretty sick actually

death note

main character (light?) is a strange feral gremlin

other (?) main character L has a Javert-esque obsession with catching light, I'm not even sure how he figured out all of these random deaths were apparently connected

the death spirit kinda looks like the cartoon Joker when you think about it

you write the name in the book, that person dies. do they all die in the same way, or...??

dungeon meshi

great british bakeoff but in fantasy land and with higher stakes

blond guy has puppy energy

if blond guy is a puppy, then blond girl is the one who holds the leash and keeps him from running straight into traffic

small?? man?? looks like a child, i'm not sure if he actually is a child??

somehow has the capacity to make unholy horrors look kinda appetizing

my hero academia

demon slayer

the one with the pig mask is actually gorgeous

the sister is a demon??

one guy has french fry hair and he likes the demon girl? unclear

are there any adults in this show? remains to be seen!

haikyuu

volleyball

tall angry one and small batshit feral one?

this kind of just seems like all for the game but with lower stakes

i had a friend who was really into this, he would beg me to play volleyball with him despite him a) being like half a foot taller than me, b) being way more athletic, and c) having little to no perception of the first two things, resulting in me getting smacked in the face with the full force of his serve on multiple occasions

Fun Orange Team vs Angsty Black and Red Team

spy x family

are they working for different organizations or the same ones? idk they're spies

the small pink child is seemingly aware of this

small pink child plays matchmaker for x amount of seasons

she really likes peanuts?

Big Dog

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blackknightgargiemoviephile · 29 days ago

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Venom: The Last Dance

This movie.

Has.

Broken me.

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

I know I have a lot more backlogged movies to review in my drafts section, but I watched this movie last weekend and I am still recovering from the depression I feel from watching this movie.

The story itself and the in-between pacing, to be fair, is a little bit mellow and a little bit dragged out. I mean, I get it, we're looking at the perspective where it has only been a year (a year? Really? Only that long? I thought it felt longer) in this movie universe timeline since Eddie and Venom's relationship began, so not much extra development can be said other than the fact that they have to be on the run and the plot sorta takes place almost straight after the events of Venom 2, but come on. I thought it would've been a little bit more of an exciting adventure than just running around getting drunk, getting over hangovers, losing and acquiring shoes (which is a pretty funny gag, ngl) and just traveling and hitchhiking in the middle of the desert.

The part where Venom hitchhiked on a plane to get to NY was pretty hilarious though, and the part where Venom infects a horse to give Eddie a faster ride kinda reminds me of their bike scene in the first movie, and that was pretty epic. Them having to get away from Strickland's men and wrestling with them in the water was also pretty exciting, and I was like screaming internally for Venom to quickly reach Eddie before he drowns or dies or get caught, got my heart pumping there.

When they added Martin Moon and his hippie family into the mix, tbh, they were technically kinda an unnecessary plot device. I mean, I guess they were sorta just there to give the human element? To fill the gap that was supposed to Eddie's ex-fiance's spot that she had been occupying for the first 2 movies? Yeah, totally unnecessary. They could've just have a very short scene of him hitchhiking with Martin (or any other person for that matter) without needing to delve into their character development or building any sort of bond, and just leave it at that and not get them involved in any part of the alien battle, that would've been fine.

Also, there can be no Venom without Mrs Chen LOL Their little dance scene was maybe a little cringe, but at the same time it was just hilarious and cute at the same time

The other symbiotes were interesting and got me guessing which symbiote is which based on the colour and my limited knowledge of other symbiote characters (thanks to Wiki and Tumblr), though I couldn't remember when exactly was the part where Mulligan got infected by a symbiote, but then the story had him infused with another symbiote to save his life, which felt a little odd since I've never seen this version of a symbiote anywhere in the comics or online, and that symbiote kinda reminds me a little bit of that fish man character in The Shape of Water LOL

The Xenophage alien was pretty cool and brutal at the same time, and the symbiotes, after they merged with the humans (which included Christmas and Teddy), look really really cool. It's a shame the fight scene on that one was a little short. Could've worked in a bit more fight scenes with the other symbiotes, and Teddy/Agony moment was also kinda short, but Christmas' symbiote was pretty awesome. I have a feeling her and Mulligan's symbiote were sorta an OC of sorts coz they defo did not seem to exist in any research I've seen of the symbiote characters.

And don't tell me I didn't see the attraction between Teddy and Christmas. My gaydar for men maybe a little weak, but my gaydar for women seems pretty spot on between them.

The climax. OMG the climax. The part where Eddie and Venom agreed that as long as they're both alive, Knull would just keep sending in more Xenophages, and Venom sacrificed himself and tossed Eddie out so he can die along with the Xenophage army, and when he said "Goodbye for now" instead of "Goodbye" like in the first movie... and then this scene...

I just cried. I cried and I died and my heart was just ripped to pieces as I watch Venom just melt before my eyes. The sacrifice he made for his Eddie. The way he said "I'll never forget you" and "Don't forget me either". I cannot. I just cannot...

And the ending scene where Eddie wakes up in the military hospital and realized Venom is no longer in his head for reals, the way he said "I need him", and the way he walks through the city alone with flashbacks of him and Venom from all three movies while Maroon 5's "Memories" was playing in the background? Oh god, it just broke me into more pieces and I cried even more. I've never cried harder than I've ever cried for a ship. The last time I cried this hard is when Dreamworks killed my Toothcup ship, and now this? I'm crying even harder. I'm still crying now as I'm typing this. I will never hear this song or feel about it the same way ever again.

The only other beef/nitpick I have for this movie is that the villain Knull was kinda weak. He hardly had any role in the movie, and it was just wasted cameo by Andy Serkis in there. All he basically did was just sit there in one spot and just sent the Xenophages to do the dirty work, which any Tom-Dick-Harry villain can do. I know now that's they're sorta setting him up as an intro character like they tried to do with Kraven, so hopefully? Maybe? Knull would end up in more of the SSU verse and also maybe MCU's upcoming new Spiderman film that'll be in 2026? Hope so.

Also, why did they need to end this amazing franchise?? They have so much more potential. When they put the end credit scene in which Eddie/Venom woke up in the MCU verse, I was hoping that it would spark a nice crossover movie or two about Peter "Tom Holland" Parker would have to deal with Venom and have an adventure or two (or three, or four, I'm not complaining). Let Spidey and Venom have their hero-villain rivalry moment before Venom slowly becomes established as an anti-hero or something.

Remember one of the end credit scenes in Spiderman where Eddie and Venom gets sent back to their universe thanks to Dr Strange's spell and a small piece of Venom was left behind? I've heard rumours about maybe that would be the tie in for SSU and MCU and for Venom to return and shine, but I also know it may be that MCU wants to have their take on a Venom for Tom Holland's Spidey, but to go through all that all over again with another new backstory for Venom and another character playing Venom? No. No way. There is no one else that can be a better Venom. Tom Hardy's Venom or bust.

Anyone who stayed all the way to the end to see the end credits for Venom 3 (seriously, the credit role was way too long though), there is a hint that the tiny piece of Venom that Strickland had captured when Venom also left behind at the bar in his universe maybe free, and that there is hope that this Venom would make his way back to Eddie and they can become whole again but still, they said that this was the final installment of the SSU Venom franchise, so...

Fuck you, Sony.

You and Dreamworks have officially killed another ship of mine.

I love and hate this movie at the same time and I. AM. BAWLING.

#movie review #venom 3 #venom the last dance #marvel movie #symbrock

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talkativeanxiousturtle · 1 month ago

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⚠️ WARNING⚠️: VENOM TLD SPOILERS!!!

OK so, can we all agree those two scientists are gonna make wonderful lesbians in the obvious online released TV show they're setting up?

Like first of all, I came into the cinema expecting my loveable goofs to be amalgamated into the MCU. That's Disappointment Avoided #1. Then, I expected this to be the last of the Venom franchise, maybe see some of them in other MCU movies, but I was ready to grieve. However, those POST CREDIT SCENES??! "And you will WATCH"?!? A movie has never made it more obvious that it is setting up something else. So that's Disappointment Avoided #2. Now, my question is, how are they bringing back Christmas Venom, cause she was extremely cool and feels like something they're gonna want to bring back.

As for the NOT avoided disappointments, these guys deserve a happy ending. Similar to that of the first movie, if need be. But if the cockroach DOES mean Venom is alive, then I have my hopes. Plus, the sentence "goodbye for now" was used by a character I honestly didn't think was gonna see Eddie again, but then did at the best possible moment. So, VENOM, you better deliver on that promise, my guy, or I'll stick your slimy ass in a boombox!!

Now all that's left is to wait for the release of "Symbiote: Legion" or whatever they're gonna call it.

#venom the last dance #venom symbiote #venom 3 #veneddie #symbrock

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image-thot · 1 year ago

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All For What? Pt.1 - ES Shockwave x Cybertronian Reader

So this was technically only going to be a one-part thing but now... Well, now it's two. Anyway finally got some more mean Es Shockwave out here, I hope you all enjoy part 1 :D Summary: Onlining next to Shockwave is one of the most fighting things to happen to you until Shockwave reveals that he hasn't entirely moved on. Still thinking the Terrans are abominations and still despising Autobots. Thankfully he does admit that the answer to the war is new cybertronians, obviously only created from him. Notes: Reader is written gender neutral Warnings: None For this part however that changes in part 2

Word Count: 796

Your processor was cloudy as you came to, barely remembering what had happened before Mandriod had drained your energon.

You remembered helping the Terrans escape Ghost, trying to stop Shockwave from killing them and subsequently helping free him from the mind control chip. Then Ghost soldiers… no… droids… had attacked. Fighting erupted and then everything went dark.

You had felt cold and a sense of impending doom spread over your frame.

Then a bright light engulfed your processors, and warmth spread through your frame as your systems returned online.

"I'm… I'm alive." Your venting is shaking as your optics scan the farm, taking in the damage from the battle and the noticeable lack of your Terrans and the humans.

When you spot Shockwave you visually flinch. Not seeming to notice you, he watched curiously as Fluffy Ears licked at his astromag cannon. You were ready to defend her if Shockwave made a move to hurt the small calf. Attempting to stand, you are overwhelmed by the vertigo your systems face. You almost crash back to the ground, your servos catching you before you fully come tumbling down.

"The aftermath of any form of stasis isn't pleasant is it?" Shockwave's snide voice snaps your optics up, looking over at him once again.

He's staring at you, antenna pulled slightly back as his optic glows in what you assume is amusement. Slowly pushing yourself to your knees you glare at him.

"You could have warned me.." Huffing out as your optics leave him to scan the nearby debris. "The children… are they...?"

Your voice trails off as you look, you don't spot them nor any remnants of them. Shockwaves scoff brings your attention back to him, watching as he shoos Fluffy Ears away before shakily standing to his peds.

"Dead? No, those abominations live to fight another day it would seem." His words fill you with both relief and anger. The Terrans were alive somewhere and they were hopefully safe. Your anger rose from Shockwave's bigotry. Even after they had helped him he still views them in such low regard.

Watching as he moves towards the barn you growl, digits digging into the dirt you slowly push yourself up and stand on shaky peds. Giving yourself several moments before slowly following after the mad Con.

"Why do you deem them abominations when they are far from it?! Because you didn't create them and therefore you deem them so?!" Shouting as you attempt to follow him down, your pace much slower but not quieting your voice. "No! They are our future! They are-"

As you round the corner into the dugout your chassis collides with Shockwaves astromag cannon. Optics narrowing, you quieten yourself. Listening to the humming of his weapon as he stares you down, antenna twitching as he seems to decide on what to do with you.

"Our Future?" The words are said with venom and the pressure on your chassis grows firmer pushing you back until you hit a wall. You grunt in discomfort and your servos shoot up to stop its advance less it pierces through to your spark.

"Earth’s perhaps, but not mine… Not Cybertron’s. No. Our Future won't be decided by a new species, one not even created by Cybertronians." Shoving your servos off his cannon as he moves it across your neck, his helm tilting to the side makes him seem amused but the tone in his words are anything but.

"They were created by the Emberstone. It makes them as Cybertronian as either of us." Choking back a pained cry as he pushes harder into your neck cabling, his other servo digs into your abdominal plating helm moving closer to yours as you fight back any signs of weakness.

"Stupid Autobot. The ember stone aided in their creation with the help of those flesh bags. Nothing more than failed experiments" He's playing with you now, perhaps his processor has finally succumbed to the damage taken over the years.

Perhaps he really is just mad.

"You’d know all about failed experiments, so many Cybertronians that you’ve twisted into monsters." Your words spat out as you try and twist in his grasp, servos dropping to his trying to pull it off your abdominal plating.

“You’ve never created a real new life.”

Only drawing more pain from your abdomen as you struggle against the larger mechs hold. This was how you're gonna die, after the war ended to a Decepticon still living in the past.

“Of course, an Autobot would think that.” Scoffing as he softens his hold on your neck cabling, his helm drawing back from you as he studies you.

"Perhaps it's time for a new creation.."

The words confuse you, has he actually changed his mind? No… that would be too simple.

#transformers #transformers earthspark #transformers shockwave #shockwave x reader #x reader #earthspark shockwave #tf earthspark #reader insert #earthspark #transformers earthspark shockwave x reader #cybertronian reader #gender neutral reader #part 1/2 #maccadams

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solradguy · 8 months ago

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What’s been the most fun and/or challenging part of working on the wiki? Also is there anything that still needs to be worked on that other people can help with?

THE CODE KILLED ME. So the wiki has a template that automagically puts this cool little Wikipedia help thingy next to Japanese text (the "?" on the end) in infoboxes and by command in text using some {{wiggly boys}} code:

And we wanted to try to get the Korean stuff on the wiki too because it's the second most officially supported language behind English and there's a bunch of cool exclusive Korean GG stuff no one's ever documented before. But there wasn't a module like this to help out with Korean text like there is for Japanese text.

I put one together based on the Japanese template's code and it was a nightmare. I was fighting for my life in the template trenches. It works though!! I did get it after a while!!

Mostly.

Shoutout to the Final Fantasy Wiki for the original JP template code and to the Dragon Blaze Wiki for seemingly being the only other English language wiki out there that cares about Korean text lol I don't know anything about Korean writing beyond super basic stuff (like what "hangul" is) so I had to do research into that alongside trying to learn wiki code.

The most fun part was probably getting GG World together, honestly. We couldn't believe that no one had actually transcribed those anywhere online before. Well, there was a file compiled by Lux for Revelator, but we wanted to transcribe these as-presented in the games and we couldn't use Lux's file since the goofy typos and some lore oopsies had been edited haha

Toxic and Elk have hauled ass getting those entries ripped and added. Major shoutout to them. I got the base layouts together and they went to town lol It's so cool seeing it all together now. We even started getting the official languages besides English and Korean added for Strive too.

As for what someone could do to help........ There's.... a lot...... Of the 4,532 image files currently on the wiki, only a very small handful of them were organized into categories when we forked. Here's the page of all the files currently not in a category: https://guiltygear.wiki.gg/wiki/Special:UncategorizedFiles

And all of the image categories they need to be sorted into. Note the subcategories under some of them: https://guiltygear.wiki.gg/wiki/Category:Images

I think I made the correct amount of categories for stuff but there may be one missing here or there. There were a lot and it was hard keeping track of them lol Feel free to holler at me on here or on my talk page over on the wiki if you need something made. I'm solradguy on the wiki.

These major character pages are also either entirely lacking citations or only have maybe 1 or 2 on the entire page (bad!!): Johnny, Chipp, Kliff, Baiken, Venom, Jam, Robo-Ky, Slayer, Sin, Izuna, Dr. Paradigm, Valentine, Bedman?, Answer, Haehyun, Elphelt, Giovanna, Happy Chaos, Asuka R♯

Swapping out the vague "GG World" citations on the wiki with the correct entry would be very helpful too. Like some pages will cite something and it just says "GG World" instead of " 'Axl Low' Xrd Rev2 GG World entry" or whatever relevant entry is needed.

If you know Korean, we also need to have the romaja added for the GG World entries. None of us knows Korean well enough to do that so not a single one has it filled in lol.... We were planning on using Revised Romanization of Korean since it's the official South Korean romanization system but if there's one that's more commonly used/accepted that's cool too (like how Hepburn is used for Japanese more often than the official Kunrei-shiki romanization)

#asks #long post #Axl Low is my example guy for GG World stuff because he was the first entry that got added #The GG Bible's Glossary was the start of the GG World project and Axl's the first thing listed in it #So the GG World test dummy he became

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ysmtttty · 4 months ago

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Red Ferrari

Chapter 2

Azris AU, where Azriel is a mechanic and has his own service station. One day, Eris comes there because something is wrong with his car.

AO3 Chapter 1 Chapter 3

"Go on a date with me," Eris said, completely throwing Azriel off balance. Did he really say that?

"Excuse me?"

"I said go on a date with me, Azriel," Eris repeated, his voice calm and composed as if he hadn’t just asked him on a date.

"No," Azriel refused.

"Why not?" Eris asked, raising an eyebrow. He sounded genuinely puzzled, which made sense for a person who was used to getting everything he wanted with a snap of his fingers. However, Azriel reminded himself that it was better not to get involved with people like Eris, no matter how hot they were.

"Just no. The checkup would take three hours, you could wait inside or pick up the car later," he quickly changed the subject, looking at the Porsche. Eris shrugged and ordered a taxi, completely unbothered.

Azriel was a little surprised at how quickly Eris gave up. Not that he wanted Vanserra to chase him, persuade him, and so on. No. It was just that Eris seemed like the kind of person who always got what he wanted. After all, he was an attorney. But maybe, it was beneath his dignity to persuade someone to go on a date with him.

And yet, it was good that Eris did not insist. Azriel thought that he might have agreed. In another universe. In other circumstances. In a situation where he did not know that Eris was a spoiled rich boy who looked down on people like Azriel. It was quite possible that if they had met in some bar, Azriel would have made the first move himself. But definitely not here.

Since Vanserra had already left, Azriel returned to his Porsche only in the evening, after finishing with the other cars that were waiting for him in the garage. Cassian was walking around for some reason, inspecting the car and commenting on the design, as if they were millionaires and about to buy one.

Despite his preference for working in silence, Azriel did not chase him away. On the contrary, he nodded and answered with meaningful "mhms" when Cassian made another comment. Obviously, he really liked the Porsche.

"You’ve been lucky with clients these days," Cassian said, sitting on the nearest bench while Azriel looked under the hood of the car. "With such expensive cars, you'll soon be able to open your own workshop."

"And burden myself with problems like hiring people like you? No, thank you," Azriel replied sarcastically, without any real venom.

"Hey! I thought we were best friends!" Cassian dramatically raised his hands and then pressed one hand to his chest. "I feel betrayed. How quickly friends are forgotten in the pursuit of money."

While Cassian continued to rant about how Azriel had already become arrogant with all this money, he continued to inspect Eris's car. The Porsche really didn’t need a checkup, but just to be sure, Azriel conducted a full inspection.

Later that evening, they sat in a bar together – he, Cassian, and Rhysand, who was distracted by phone calls every five minutes. At first, it was unnoticeable, just a couple of calls on the phone. Cassian even joked that he and Feyre couldn’t spend more than five minutes without each other.

However, after the third or fourth call, it started to become annoying.

"Excuse me," Rhysand said, as he once again picked up the phone and walked away to avoid the noise of the bar interfering with the conversation. When he returned, both Cassian and Azriel looked at him questioningly.

"Either your number was posted online with a 'husband for an hour' ad, or I don’t know how else to explain this," Cassian said. Rhysand rolled his eyes and snorted in response to this comment.

"It's a lawyer," he said.

"Is something wrong with the workshop?" Azriel asked, a little tense. Once, they already had problems with bureaucratic issues, and back then Rhysand had also used all his connections and called all possible lawyers to save the workshop and avoid a huge fine.

"No, it’s not related to work," Rhysand shook his head, but something in his expression betrayed tension. Azriel couldn’t help but notice how tense his shoulders were or how he tried not to frown.

"Then what is it?" Cassian asked impatiently. "Come on, tell us what’s wrong. We’re almost like brothers. It’s not nice to keep secrets like this."

"It’s Mor..." Rhysand began, but another call interrupted him. "Speak of the devil," he said jokingly and once again went away to answer it.

When he returned, Cassian was already in the middle of an emotional story about how Nesta Archeron’s heart was starting to melt. About how she almost agreed to have dinner with him. The whole story could have been summed up in a few sentences, but Cassian stretched it out for half an hour.

By the time he finished, no one remembered Mor and any personal matter with Rhysand. The family drama could remain within his family.

"By the way, Azriel already got himself a new regular client," Cassian said. Rhysand raised an eyebrow with interest.

"Really?" he smirked, hearing a certain hint in Cassian's tone. "Male? Female?"

"Male. And don’t get any ideas, it’s not what you’re thinking about," Azriel rolled his eyes, realizing where the conversation was heading. "Yes, he asked me on a date, but I said no. I have no interest."

"Come on, man. Dude literally drives a Porsche and a Ferrari!" Cassian exclaimed.

"Even if he drove a Tesla, I’m not interested," Azriel snorted. He was interested. But people like Eris were always bad news. "Besides, why should I be interested in a relationship at all?"

Not that he was going to spend the rest of his life alone, surrounded only by cars. No. Finding a partner had never been a problem for Azriel, whether it was girls or guys, they always approached him first. And even if he made the first move, most often he was met halfway.

However, after several failed relationships, plus the disaster with Mor, Azriel was not a fan of serious relationships. Lately, all he had were one-night stands and other no-strings-attached arrangements. No feelings, just mutual pleasure.

"I don’t know, I think you could try dating again," Rhysand said with a somewhat thoughtful expression.

"Why? To be a love-struck fool like you two?" Azriel snorted.

"Hey!" Cassian exclaimed. "We’re not fools."

"Right, it’s not you who serenades almost every night."

"It’s a romantic gesture!"

The rest of the evening passed with drinks, similar arguments, and other things. Azriel definitely did not think about changing his mind and agreeing to a date with Eris. And Azriel definitely did not think about Eris at all.

The next morning, an Aston Martin arrived at the workshop. For a second, Azriel thought that maybe Eris had recommended the place to some of his rich friends, but within seconds, Eris himself got out of the car. Damn.

"Good morning," he smiled, waving and leaning against the car. Azriel rolled his eyes, adjusted the ever-falling strap of his overalls, and reluctantly waved back.

"Hey," he said, "your Porsche is in perfect condition."

He looked towards the car, thinking that someone must be inside so that Eris could sit in his Porsche and take it, while the second person would leave in the Aston Martin. But the car was empty. Just Vanserra. Great.

"Let me guess, this beauty needs a checkup too?" Azriel tried not to sound grumpy. It was unlikely anyone else would grumble about new expensive orders, especially when there was little to do considering the cars were new.

"Absolutely right," Eris nodded, keeping that annoying smirk on his face. "How much for the Porsche?"

Azriel named the sum, this time not a penny more, just the exact price.

"So, have you thought about it?" Eris asked while transferring the money. This time, too, exactly the amount Azriel had said.

"About what?"

"The date."

Azriel looked at him like an idiot. It turned out that Eris had not given up on the idea yesterday, he just decided to continue insisting today.

"Still no," Azriel answered. Before Eris could open his mouth to respond, he turned to the Aston Martin, opening the car’s hood.

Eris returned the next day. And the day after that. And overall, he appeared in the workshop every day, which drove Azriel crazy. As it turned out, Vanserra had a ton of cars. And by a ton, it meant a really, really lot. Throughout the week, he arrived in a new car every day, and Azriel swore that if this continued, his eye would start twitching.

Every day they had a short conversation, exchanged barbs, then Eris asked him on a date, and Azriel refused. Routine, what can you say.

Today, Eris arrived in a Bentley, looking like he hadn’t slept in the last 24 hours. But even that did not erase his signature smirk when he looked at Azriel, once again repeating the same phrase about the date.

"Seriously, what’s the problem?" Eris asked, hiding his hands in the pockets of his coat.

What’s the problem? Honestly, Azriel himself couldn’t understand why he kept refusing. Nor could he understand why Eris was so persistent. It seemed that for a simple fling of a day or two, no one would bother so much. Maybe it was about the challenge, the feeling that he needed to come out victorious in this situation. A matter of honor and all that, with Eris’s inflated ego, Azriel wouldn’t be surprised if that were true.

Partly, this was the reason why Azriel couldn’t agree himself. A feeling of some kind of defeat? But more than anything, the social difference between him and Vanserra scared him. Even though it was the 21st century, Eris still seemed too out of his league. With those rich jerk manners. He arrived in a new car every day like clockwork just to ask him on a date, what else could be added?

"Just no," he shrugged.

"Got it," Eris nodded, looking like he definitely had some plan in his head. And Azriel couldn’t yet guess what it was, but still tensed a bit. "So, I guess the Mercedes checkup will cost the same as the other cars?"

Azriel nodded and within a couple of minutes, the money came through. Three times more than needed. Fuck.

"Is this your plan?" he asked, not hiding the irritation in his voice. Vanserra had remembered from the first time how much sending extra money pissed him off, and actively used it. Damn rich lawyers. "Throwing money at me, thinking you can buy my agreement?"

"I’m not buying your agreement," Eris shrugged. "I’m offering a deal. You can return the extra money if you go on a date with me."

The bastard had the audacity to smirk, looking like a cat that ate the canary. Azriel rolled his eyes again.

"Ten out of ten, top-notch strategy," he commented sarcastically. Eris just shrugged, the gesture saying all’s fair in war. "And of course, you’re sure I’m interested in returning the money enough to agree to a date."

"Oh, I’m sure," the smirk became even more smug if that was possible. "You know, I have a lot of cars, and I think it’s time to check each one. If you refuse to go on a date with me, I’ll transfer more than necessary for each checkup. And each time, the amount will double."

Azriel looked at him, not understanding how he was supposed to react to this. He just threatened him with money transfers? A mentally unstable person couldn’t be such a successful lawyer, right?

However, the worst part was that this threat worked on Azriel because if there was one thing he couldn’t stand, it was handouts.

"This is unique blackmail," he said.

"The most unique blackmail in my life, believe me," Eris chuckled, "usually people pay me to not do something, not the other way around. But it’s quite engaging."

"Very funny."

"I’m not joking," Eris smiled boyishly, "I have a lot of patience and a lot of money to keep my word. And you have too much pride to stand it."

Azriel wanted to tell him to go to hell, but Eris was right. He wouldn’t be able to simply accept this money if Vanserra kept his word and paid several times more for repairs. He could always just refuse to service his cars, but Eris would likely continue sending money without any reason.

"One date," Azriel frowned, speaking after a while. "Just one."

"Deal," Eris smiled.

Damn, what had he gotten himself into?

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"You agreed to a date?" Rhysand asked, raising an eyebrow, obviously surprised by what he heard. Azriel already regretted telling them based on Rhysand and Cassian's reactions. "Who are you and what have you done with our friend?"

"Very funny," Azriel answered dryly, rolling his eyes. "It’s just one date. We’ll probably get laid afterward, and he’ll stop bothering me with his idiotic threats."

"Which means we both lose a stable source of a good income," Rhysand said, not hiding his disappointment. As the owner of the workshop, he obviously got a share of the profits Azriel made. And Eris had brought them more in the past week than all other clients did in a few months.

"Which means I’ll restore my nervous system," Azriel countered.

"At least let me shake hands with this saint," Rhysand joked. "I need to see the person who’s that into you at least once."

Azriel rolled his eyes, not wanting to repeat again that Eris wasn’t into him. But Cassian laughed, and Rhysand smirked. Two bastards.

"And where are you going?" Cassian asked curiously. "After all that showing off, he’s probably taking you to a fancy restaurant or something."

"No idea," Azriel shook his head. "The idiot isn’t answering my messages, and I’m not going to look desperate over some date he himself pushed me into."

"And yet you agreed," Cassian said. Azriel silenced him with a look.

Maybe that was his problem. Pretending he didn’t like the current circumstances at all. That he was forced. That it wasn’t by his own will. When in reality, Azriel was scared.

Scared that he’d like it.

That he'd liked Eris Vanserra, who, Azriel had no doubt, would disappear as soon as he got what he wanted. You didn’t need to be a genius to know people like Eris. For him, it was just another amusement, a new challenge, as if he didn’t have enough.

"I think you’re dramatizing," Rhysand said calmly. "It’s just a date. If you don’t like it, you’ll part ways. But maybe you will like it."

"You’re not helping," Azriel shook his head.

At that moment, he received a message.

"Tomorrow at seven. Are you free?"

On one hand, Azriel respected Eris’s no-bullshit way of communicating, but on the other, a simple "hi" was somehow missing. Nonetheless, he replied with a short "yes," ignoring how Rhysand and Cassian looked at him, thinking he didn’t notice.

"Great. I’ll pick you up. Send me the address," the next message read.

And that was it. No instructions, no valuable hints like "look decent, not like you just crawled out from under a car" or anything like that.

"Is that your friend?" Rhysand smirked.

"Yeah," Azriel nodded, sounding a bit irritated. "He just wrote 'I’ll pick you up at seven.'"

"And you expected something else?" Cassian asked in surprise, "Like some conversation in the spirit of 'How was your day, my favorite mechanic?'"

"No, of course not. But at least specifying where we’re going would’ve been enough," Azriel grumbled, still trying to maintain his irritated nature about the whole situation. His friends only nodded with a meaningful "aha," making him want to throw them both out of his apartment.

"At least we can bet on which car he’ll pick you up in," Cassian joked. "I’m betting on the Porsche."

"You just really like that Porsche," Azriel chuckled. "I’m betting on the Ferrari."

They both looked at Rhysand, who shrugged and said Bentley.

Eris arrived in a Ferrari, and Azriel couldn’t help but think he had expected it. He didn’t know why, it just felt right to think this was his favorite car. Vanserra himself looked perfect – a black shirt with a dark red tie, and a jacket thrown over his shoulders. Though he always dressed well. Azriel didn’t even try to hide the fact that he was checking him out. No doubt, it flattered Eris’s ego, who smirked slyly but didn’t comment, and for that, Azriel was grateful.

“Exactly at seven,” Azriel said, his hands in his pants pockets. Damn, yesterday he had to ask Rhysand for some decent clothes because, as it turned out, his wardrobe only had the suit from his graduation, and everything else was either too casual – and Azriel was sure Eris would drag him to some fancy place – or all the clothes had at least once been worn in the workshop and now had stains of motor oil and soot.

“I love punctuality,” Eris shrugged. He wouldn’t say that he had been hanging around Azriel’s apartment complex for the past fifteen minutes. Instead, he looked Azriel over. “You look great.”

Azriel wanted to find a hint of sarcasm or mockery in his voice, to remind himself that he didn’t like Eris. But he found none. Damn Vanserra.

“Yeah, I’ve already heard that I look better in clean clothes,” he shrugged, recalling his words. Petty? Very. Deserved? Probably.

Eris rolled his eyes, shaking his head. “That really bothered you?” he snorted. “If so, I’m sorry. I was tired and not watching what I was saying.”

Wow, the great Eris Vanserra could apologize. Azriel restrained himself from another sarcastic comment, waving it off and muttering, “Forget it.”

When he approached the car, Eris pointed to the driver’s side for some reason.

“Am I your personal chauffeur?” Azriel asked, raising an eyebrow, pretending that the chance to drive a Ferrari for the second time didn’t excite him at all.

“No, I just don’t like driving, but you clearly enjoy it,” Eris shrugged.

“Observant,” Azriel said, but he got into the driver’s seat without further questions. To hell with Eris’s lawyerly habit of noticing all the details and then stating them outright; today he was driving the damn Ferrari.

While Azriel drove out of his apartment complex parking lot, Eris set up the built-in navigator, indicating the destination.

“So where are we going?” Azriel asked.

“Surprise,” Eris smirked, leaning his head back on the seat. “But I think you’ll like it.”

“You don’t know what I like,” Azriel said, mentally scolding himself. He had already agreed to this date, so why take everything he said so defensively?

“Yeah, that’s why I said ‘think,’” Eris snorted.

Azriel looked at the navigator; for now, the route led out of the city. Not missing the opportunity, he sped up, avoiding all the traffic on the more or less empty roads. Eris didn’t comment when he exceeded the speed limit, and either he didn’t care, or he would later send those fines directly to Azriel’s address, but right now, it didn’t matter because Azriel was enjoying the ride.

The trip passed in a kind of silence, broken only by the radio. Honestly, Azriel had no idea what to talk about with Eris. Mechanisms? Internal combustion engines? Idiot clients, since they both dealt with people daily? And why should he think about conversation topics when he was the one invited on the date?

Eris didn’t seem bothered by the silence at all; he occasionally got distracted by his phone, responding to some messages, making Azriel feel like his personal driver.

“Can you say something?” he said, trying not to sound too irritated.

Eris looked up at him, muttering something under his breath as he put his phone into his jacket’s inner pocket.

“Yeah, sorry, no work today, I’m all yours,” he said in his easy manner. A pause, as if thinking about what to talk about, before he added, “Do you like cars?”

Azriel couldn’t help but smirk. They both laughed at the question.

“Do you like courts?” Azriel countered.

“Not really,” Eris shook his head. “But I like winning in them if that says anything.”

“How unexpected.”

Eris smirked, and Azriel glanced at him as they stopped at a red light. He looked relaxed. Not that different from the arrogant jerk who had barged into his workshop a week ago, but something was different about Eris now. Some tangible lightness that was hard to ignore. Maybe...

No. No way, Azriel mentally forbade himself and his thoughts from going down that path. He didn’t need extra thoughts about Eris Vanserra, who already was present enough in his life in person, to also bother him mentally.

“Turn left here,” Eris reminded, apparently sensing that Azriel had drifted into thoughts. Cursing, he turned the wheel and took the necessary turn. “Almost there.”

Another two minutes and they indeed arrived. Azriel raised his eyebrows and then looked at Eris with an unspoken question, ‘Are you serious?’

“A car showroom,” he said dryly.

“Does that surprise you so much?” Eris smirked, getting out of the car. Azriel followed suit.

“Yeah, because first, the official opening is only the day after tomorrow. And second, it’s not a trivial place for a date.”

Eris shrugged, heading towards the massive building with a glass roof. Azriel walked with him, expecting some sarcastic comment in response.

"I invited you on a date in a non-trivial way too," Eris said, and Azriel wanted to roll his eyes. "However, this place is open. They're preparing for the motor show, closed previews, and other thematic stuff."

He sounded like someone who couldn’t be bothered with such details. And that was no surprise. If Azriel were a wealthy lawyer with his own firm and millions in his pocket, he wouldn’t delve into the specifics either. However, there was something about how Eris had chosen the place for their date.

"And here I thought we’d just go to some Michelin restaurant," Azriel joked. Eris chuckled.

"I don’t think you’d like it," he said. And damn, could he not sound like he genuinely thought about this and Azriel’s feelings? "Besides, I wasn’t sure you had a suitable suit to get us inside per the dress code. Though, I miscalculated the latter."

There he was. The bastard from last week in his workshop.

"Thanks, I was starting to doubt you had a kind twin brother who isn’t a complete jerk," Azriel said, trying not to think about the grin spreading across Eris’s annoyingly attractive face after his words.

"Didn’t want to disappoint you."

With that, they walked inside. The showroom wasn’t crowded, mostly young guys and girls with badges bustling around. A few people in suits who were inspecting the expensive cars with an air of importance.

All around the perimeter of the building stood, moved into position, and roared with their engines, sleek, stylish supercars. Well, not just supercars, of course: there were plenty of regular models too, but a lot of attention was given to flashy sports roadsters and speedsters.

Eris greeted an acquaintance who looked like a local worker. Azriel didn’t really pay attention to the conversation, instead saying a quick “I’ll take a look around,” as he wandered off to check out the cars.

Okay, maybe Eris did know where to take him. Maybe he liked it here. Maybe this date wasn’t as disastrous as Azriel had feared. But he wouldn’t say that out loud.

He felt Eris’s eyes on his back as he walked along the rows of cars. Nevertheless, for now, Azriel was more interested in examining the metal works of art before him.

When he turned back, he saw a young woman in a dark green dress that left little to the imagination, talking to Eris. She was pretty, smiling, clearly trying to engage him in conversation. Well, it wasn’t surprising – Eris was objectively attractive, and his presence at a closed preview was a clear sign of wealth. However, something inside irked Azriel because the girl was talking to what seemed like his date.

Azriel approached Eris from behind, catching himself almost putting his hand on his waist. What was wrong with him today?

“Hey,” he said in a dry tone to the girl, who seemed to get the hint but wasn’t quite ready to back off.

“Hey,” she replied, looking at Eris as if he should decide who would stay with him. “Actually, we were talking…”

“About how I’m with someone else,” Eris finished for her, hiding his indifference behind a polite smile. “Have a good evening.”

The girl quickly retreated, but Azriel noticed out of the corner of his eye that she had already found another visitor to flirt with.

“Good conversation?” he asked.

“Jealous?” Eris smirked, teasing. He turned to him so they were now standing face to face. And in Eris’s russet eyes, Azriel seemed to see a flicker of fire.

“No,” Azriel shook his head, mirroring the smirk. “But I remember someone promised they’d be mine tonight.”

“And I intend to keep my word.”

The same worker Eris had greeted earlier approached them. They exchanged pleasantries with Azriel, after which the guy gave them something like a tour of the place because, as Eris himself said, “I don’t understand anything here.”

By the end of the tour, they were given a chance to ride in a concept Subaru “performance” car in an open area, and after that, Azriel surrendered and admitted he hadn’t expected anything like this from Eris.

Of course, it was nothing like a regular date, or even just a date – but he had more fun from this kind of outing than if they had spent these hours in some stuffy restaurant over dinner, nervously trying to find a topic of conversation.

Damn, he was having fun. He genuinely enjoyed spending time here, at the car show, riding in the latest sports cars, while Eris grumbled that he didn’t feel any difference, which only forced Azriel to start explaining to him the conceptual differences between Japanese and Chinese sports cars, as if Eris would understand and grasp any of it. But even so, Eris listened to him, kept grumbling, but listened.

After Eris’s acquaintance left, saying he had shown them everything, and seemingly got the hint that it was time to go – Azriel wasn’t sure, but it seemed that almost subtle nod of Eris’s head was indeed a sign for that – they headed to the bar on the second floor of the building. The place looked like a typical hangout spot for millionaires who went for drinks after playing golf or playing billiards, but it was almost empty. Just a few people at the tables and the bartender.

“How do you rate my date planning skills?” Eris asked with a smug smile, taking a seat at the bar and ordering two glasses of whiskey. Azriel rolled his eyes, sitting next to him but couldn’t help but smile.

“So far, a solid eight,” he said.

“Just an eight? I’m offended,” Eris replied dramatically, sighing in exaggerated disappointment.

Azriel chuckled, taking a sip of the whiskey placed in front of him. He didn’t doubt that Eris had already ordered a personal driver who would come and take them home, so he didn’t have to worry about the issue of drunk driving.

He also had no doubt about how seamlessly Eris fit into the bar’s atmosphere. Not just because he was wearing a suit worth several thousand dollars, no, Eris looked natural in this setting. Natural among the rich and wealthy, he was one of them.

“Everything okay?” Eris asked.

“Yeah,” Azriel nodded, snapping out of his thoughts. And why did everything always come back to money and social status? “It’s just not often I drink whiskey that costs as much as my car.”

Eris snorted, saying something like “fair enough.”

“This is a good date,” Azriel decided to say, thinking it would be rude to brush it off with just a joke after all the positive emotions he had experienced this evening.

“Did you just give me a compliment?” Eris looked at him with mock surprise.

“Oh, shut up.”

“Oh, but I want to hear more nice words from you,” Eris continued. “This is a huge progress from ‘you jerk, Eris’ or ‘go to hell, Eris,’ which I’ve been hearing all week.”

“Do you have a kink for praise?” Azriel asked, raising an eyebrow.

“More like politeness, but who knows. I thought you tested everything in practice.”

Azriel snorted, Eris smirked and drank his whiskey. It was easy to talk to him. Azriel found himself thinking that he genuinely liked talking and even flirting with Eris. And that yes, he wasn’t a complete jerk, and he could be social.

And they talked. Quite a lot, as they managed to finish an entire bottle of whiskey, after which they debated whether they should order another one.

The evening ended with Eris’s driver taking them home. Azriel thought it was a good date. So good that for a second he thought that he would go on a second date too. tag list: @sizzlingstarlightsky @isnotwhatyourethinking @molcat07 @chairofchaos

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