Eddie's POV
"Venom?" Eddie asked, trying to remain calm.
"Yes Eddie?" The symbiote responded, taking on a visible form for this conversation.
"What did you do last night while I was sleeping?" he asked, his voice getting a little higher as panic set in.
"I went out for a little walk, why do you ask?"
"Maybe because.... there is a man tied to a chair in the middle of the living room. With... a ball gag in his mouth? ... where the hell did you get a ball gag?"
"Uhhhh," the symbiote answered as it moved to block said man from Eddie's view in a small hope that it would help. "I can explain; I ran into him last night. Or, well, he landed in front of me and started asking questions. He made me laugh, I think he likes me. So I decided to bring him home."
Eddie and the man made eye contact, "Sir I am so sorry I will have you out of here in a moment." To which the man simply shrugged.
"No! Eddie you can't do that, I want to keep him," Venom announced.
"What do you mean you want to keep him? You can't just keep a person," Eddie answered back.
"Please Eddie. I promise I'll take good care of him. I'll feed him, and walk him, and..."
"Venom! No! You can't just keep a person. He's not a dog," Eddie snapped back.
"But I want him!" Venom whined. "Look at him, what do you see?"
Eddie blinked," ....uh.. a semi attractive dude in a weird costume?"
"Semi? No, he's a beautiful man in a costume and I love him and I want to keep him."
"That's called kidnapping."
"Fine, then you make him want to stay. Seduce him, make him some tater tots and chicken nuggets. I even have some chocolate hidden away for special events."
"Seduce him? He's a dude," Eddie shot back as he slowly approached the man tied to the chair. "Hi, sir uh despite the situation, I promise we aren't the bad guys."
"So what Eddie, I don't know why you humans let something like that get in the way of love," Venom yelled growing annoyed.
"It's not like that, Venom," Eddie snapped. Turning his attention back to the man he carefully unfastened the gag and took it out of his mouth.
The man was visibly relieved and moved his jaw from side to side, "That is not very comfortable," he laughed, finding the situation kind of funny.
"Yeah, sorry, I don't think you're supposed to use those longer than an hour or two. You ok?" Eddie asked as he untied him.
"Yeah, I'm fine...little hungry. Do...do you by any chance actually have those tater tots and chicken nuggets? I skipped lunch and dinner last night." The man asked.
"Actually, yeah.... I could make us some. It's kind of the least I could do," he offered as he moved to free the men's legs.
"That would be great. But I do have to ask something..." the man added, " and it's kind of going to bug me if I don't."
"If it's about him, yeah, I uh, have a parasite," Eddie joked..
"Parasite!!!!" How could you embarrass me in front of him!!' Venom yelled.
"No I get it, he's... some type of alien I'm assuming?" He grinned almost a little giddy. "Honestly, had this happened like a month ago I would be more freaked out. I'm just excited to meet an alien." The man admitted as he stood up and started to crack his neck.
"Something like that."
"So I'm only semi-handsome?" The man asked.
"What? No, I mean yeah...no. I mean yes, you're attractive. I mean I don't," Eddie stumbled over his words not really sure how to respond.
The other man laughed as he held out his hand," Peter Parker. I would just say Spider-Man but your buddy already removed my mask so there's no point in trying to hide who I am."
"Eddie Brock