So, yeah. This is basically just my take on if Venom was in the MCU and interacted with Spider-Man. Hope you like it!

At this point in his life, Eddie was reevaluating just about every decision he'd ever made up to now. Well, maybe that was a bit overkill, but he was definitely reconsidering more than a few things.

"Never should've come here," he mutters, pacing to try and calm his nerves.

It is not that bad.

Eddie pauses, glaring at his feet. "Oh, yeah, of course. Not that bad. Because being trapped on the top of a building in New York because my parasite's being a bitch is suddenly 'not that bad'."

You are the bitch! And it is not our fault that you make poor decisions.

"I think you mean decisions that keep us alive and away from heroes."

Are we not heroes as well?

"You know what I mean. Look, I told you before we left that eating people here was a big no-no, and you agreed. What's the problem now?"

There's a pause.

We thought we could convince Eddie because he loves us and wants to keep his internal organs.

"Wait, I thought you said you could deal with a temporary no-person diet. Were you lying?"

. . . No.

"You're lying right now, aren't you?"

Maybe.

Eddie sighs, holding his hand to his face. "Y'know what, I can't deal with this right now. Take us back to Mary's place and we can go over this later. This is a vacation, it's supposed to be unstressful."

No.

"What do you mean no!"

Suddenly, there's a flash of blue and red and in the next second there's someone else on the roof with them.

"Hey, is everything okay here?" Spider-Man asks.

"Oh thank God," Eddie mutters. "Yes, thank you. I'm kinda trapped up here, if you wouldn't mind helping me down."

No! You have not agreed to our terms!

"Shut up," he hisses. Spider-Man gives him an odd look and Eddie quickly apologizes. "Sorry, not talking to you. So, can you help me?"

"Uh, yeah. I'm just curious though, how'd this happen?"

"Oh, it's a long story, I'm sure you have better things to do. Just help me down please, I don't do so well with heights."

"Um, sure. But maybe you could tell me, today's been pretty slow and I'm bored."

Eddie blinks, varied scenarios flashing through his mind on how to explain why he was stuck on a rooftop. "Sure, I guess. Just get me down from here."

"No problem, sir," Spider-Man says, stepping closer. "I'm just gonna need you to hold on tight and not look down."

"Huh?" Eddie says intelligibly before he's suddenly free-falling through the air.

His first instinct is to scream like a little girl, but he was so shocked nothing seemed to be coming out.

The next thing he knows, his feet are on solid ground and there's a voice speaking to him from a distance.

"Sir? Sir, are you alright?"

"What?" he whimpers. "What just happened."

"I'm so sorry about that," Spider-Man says, holding him up. "It was the fastest way to get you down."

Eddie opens and closes his mouth like a fish out of water before eventually taking a deep breath and trying to settle his nerves. "Kid, if I ever need rescuing again, it is not going to be like that."

"Hey, I'm not a kid!"

Eddie shakes his head and steps back. "Well, you sure sound like it. Just, don't do that again, ever."

"I'll consider it. So, why were you up there in the first place? You said you'd tell me."

Eddie pauses. "Yeah . . ." he starts, considering his options. After a few seconds, he decides to just go with a variation of the truth. "Well, me and my s/o got in a fight and they left me stranded up there."

There's a pause.

"They did what!" Spider-Man exclaims, shocking both Eddie and Venom. "What kind of person are they, you don't just leave people on rooftops!"

"Whoa there, calm down, kid. It's not a big deal."

"Not a big deal? Who just leaves people in dangerous places if they're upset at them?"

"The thing I've chosen to spend my life with, apparently," Eddie mutters, mostly to himself. "Look, it doesn't matter. I already figured what they're upset about and we're gonna talk about it, okay."

Spider-Man shifts uncomfortably. "Yeah, okay. But at least let me give you my number in case they do this again."

"Oh, uh, that won't be necessary. I don't think they'll be doing it again unless they wants to lose out on me getting them their favorite foods."

You would not!

"Watch me," Eddie mutters.

"Sorry, but I have to insist. I can't just let innocent people get stuck on rooftops, what kinda hero would that make me?"

"A pretty crappy one, I guess," Eddie says reluctantly.

"Great, here you go," Spider-Man says, handing him a scrap of paper with his number scribbled on it.

"Thanks, kid," he says, starting to walk away.

"Hey, wait, do I know you from somewhere? You look kinda familiar."

Eddie freezes. "Uh, no, we don't know each other. I just have one of those faces, y'know."

"Yeah, got it. Have a nice day."

"Um, you too," Eddie says, watching Spider-Man swing away.

We do not like him.

"That's just because he rescued me and you don't have any more leverage."

We could always make you go back up there.

"Don't even think about it or no tater tots or chocolate for a week."

. . . Fine. But we do need to talk.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. Let's just get back to Mary's place before we talk about it, okay?"

Yes, we understand.

"Great, then let's get going," Eddie says, walking out of the alley.

. . .

Later that day, something was still bothering Peter Parker. That guy he'd rescued from the roof, there was something off about him. His spidey-sense hadn't gone off like it usually did, so he was pretty sure everything was fine.

Well, except for the fact that he felt like he knew the guy, or had at least seen somewhere before.

It honestly frustrated him to no end, like when you recognize an actor on a TV show, but couldn't remember where you'd seen them before. It's too bad this time he couldn't just find their name and look up their IMDb page. Nope, he'd have to do some good old-fashioned detective work.

Taking a deep breath, Peter turns on his laptop and opens his browser.

. . .

"Eddie!" Mary exclaims after she opens the door. "Where have you been, you didn't call me after you were finished with your thing like you said you would!"

"Yeah, sorry about that," Eddie says sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "W—I got distracted."

Mary sighs. "That's fine, I guess, but I was worried. Come in," she says, stepping to the side.

Eddie walks in and crashes on the couch. Mary raises an eyebrow and sits in the chair.

"Rough day?" she asks.

Eddie glances up at her. "Yeah."

"What happened?"

"I got stranded on a rooftop and Spider-Man had to rescue me."

"Really, you met Spider-Man? What's he like?"

"Polite. He also sounded pretty young, more Spider-Boy than 'man'."

"Well, I still think he's pretty cool. Why were you on a roof anyways, I know heights freak you out."

"Well . . ."

You should tell her.

Ignoring Venom, Eddie says, "It's a long story, you don't wanna hear it."

Mary gives him an indecipherable look before shrugging and getting up. "Suit yourself. Dinner's gonna be ready in a couple hours," she says, starting to walk away.

"Thanks."

"No problem. I'm just happy you wanted to see me."

"Yeah. I just thought a vacation would be nice after everything."

"I get it. But you still owe me the full story, not what the press told everyone."

Eddie groans. "Do I have to?"

"You're not paying me rent, so I've gotta get something out of this."

"Really? How about seeing your brother for the first time in a few years, that's gotta count for something?"

Mary pauses considerably. "Nah, I think I'll take an interesting story."

Eddie half-heartedly glares at her as she walks away, a smug smile on her face.

You should tell her.

"I know, I know. Just, not now."

Why not? You said she'd like us.

"Yeah, well, it's kinda hard to explain to your sister that her brother's bonded with an alien parasite."

Hey! That's not nice!

"You're the one who lied to me and put us in danger."

We will protect Eddie.

"I know that, V, but it doesn't change anything."

We are hungry, we need to eat.

"I know. Look, I'll do some research on stuff going on around here, but only this one time. We can't let any of the Avengers or Spider-Man find out about us."

The puny heroes and the Spiderling are no match for us.

Eddie chuckles. "Yeah, well, I'm not willing to test that theory out."

We understand.