𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚢, 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍;
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, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 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. 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙭.
"ɆĐĐłɆɆɆɆ-- ɎØɄ ₴₳łĐ ₮ⱧɆⱤɆ'Đ ฿Ɇ Đł₦₦ɆⱤ..." 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 𝗻𝗼𝘁 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 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙 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--? 𝘖𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵-- Was this like a-- a 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 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 "𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡" if an 𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 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--"
Originally written and shared as part of Verbuary 2022: https://tinyurl.com/b4na3uu2
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