๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ข, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐;
The sparkling marble floors were speckled with the aftermath of a brutal fight. Blood splatter, enemy bootprints, and broken furniture lay chaotic across the impressive entryway. (Well, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ was a thing it might have been, had a particularly bull-headed Avenger not smashed every inch of ornate sculpture in the place.)
Eddie stood among the wreckage, fingers pinching the bridge of his nose as his brow furrowed to meet them.
Investigate journalism. ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ.
"ษฤฤลษษษษ-- ษรษ โดโณลฤ โฎโฑงษโฑคษ'ฤ เธฟษ ฤลโฆโฆษโฑค..." The pitch black symbiote housed inside Eddie Brock's body coiled and grumbled.
"I know, V-- But it looks like some fuckin' idiot got here before us--" Eddie murmured a response, voice low and gravelly with frustration and a burgeoning headache. This was ๐ป๐ผ๐ how he planned on spending his weekend.
Apparently summoned by Eddie's swelling anger, a shrill tone suddenly cut over the little black cloud forming around the journalist's head.
"Hey, did you see that!? Dude had like ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ diamonds back here!!"
Eddie didn't need to look up. He knew he'd see red and blue spandex, spiderwebs, the whole thing. Sighing tersely, the exhausted brunette simply shook his head.
"I know, Parker. That's why I fuckin' followed him here."
Silence. Brief, tangible silence, for just a moment, before the babbling started and Eddie dared to glance up at the narrow Avenger standing across from him.
"... But why did you--? ๐๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ต-- Was this like a-- a ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ thing? Like a... oh, what d'you call it...?"
"Investigative."
"Yeah, yeah! That's it! Where you're all like, under cover and shit, right? Man, that's so cool."
"Yeah, Pete. It would have been "๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ค๐ก" if an ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ hadn't blown my cover and my entire story before I even got here."
Peter's shoulders shrank back. If the boy had a pair of cat ears, they'd have flattened against his stupid little head.
"Oh shit... Sorry Eddie--"
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Originally written and shared as part of Verbuary 2022: https://tinyurl.com/b4na3uu2
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