okay so this is a "x reader" because i like writing romance and fluffy things, and it'll get notes
Warnings: nothing lines up with the canon. mania isn't in the movie, venom doesn't break into the life foundation, this is all fanfiction
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You were young, fresh out of college, and just looking for a job. You'd been desperate.
When Carlton Drake and the Life Foundation reached out to you, offering you a position testing something at their labs, you'd been ecstatic- I mean, getting to work with one of the most renowned scientists in this day and age, helping to fight off cancer and save mankind? Who wouldn't be excited?
It didn't help that it had great pay, of course.
When you arrived at the labs, they'd given you a coat, a name card, and a small laptop to take notes in.
One of the doctors- Dr. Skirth- had informed you that when the Life Foundation ship had crashed, they'd managed to save some of the samples they'd brought back.
When you heard about living samples, you'd expected bacteria, maybe tiny bug-like creatures at most. Not… this.
Standing in the testing area now, your eyes were wide as saucers as you stared at the "test samples."
There were three huge blobs.
I mean, that's all you could really think of, through you shock. Someone had let them out, and one was stretching up, trying to escape the glass.
The closest one to you was smaller than the rest. It was black, and was in the corner of its cage, twisting around itself in what you had to assume was fear.
"You'll be staying for the night shift tonight," one of the other doctors informed you. "You'll just be taking notes and keeping an eye on them."
You nodded dumbly, not taking your eyes off the creatures.
Your eyes swept over the cages, taking in the creatures' appearances.
There was the small black one, as well as a huge blue one. It was stretching across the glass of the cages, and you could hear it's weak hiss-like cries from your spot near the door.
There was a yellow one, as well, sticking to the ceiling of its cage. This one was shrieking, revealing small shark-like fangs.
"Where- where did you get them?" You stammered, voice shaking.
Dr. Skirth glanced at you, looking up from her papers. "They were found on a meteor by a Life Foundation ship."
"You only got three?" You asked, giving them an incredulous glance.
"No, but most of them died or disappeared after the ship crashed," she replied, but you could tell she was uncomfortable.
"And one got stolen a couple nights ago," a new voice mentioned.
You whipped around to see one of the security guards (or, who you assumed was a security guard). He didn't even bother to look at you, instead staring down at his phone.
"Stolen?" You repeated, eyes wide.
"Yes, stolen," he replied, finally glancing up at you. "Make sure to… keep an eye out for them."
Later that night, you were kneeling next to one of the cages, typing into your computer. In front of you, the small black symbiote squished happily.
When the other scientists and security had left, you'd snuck some of your lunch into the cage with the symbiotes. You'd kept the cheap pasta, instead giving them chunks of chocolate bars and cookies.
The blue one was now stretching itself across the bottom of the cage, a bit calmer now. The yellow one had flattened itself against the table, rumbling quietly. You assumed it was asleep, and this was backed up by the fact that every time you tried to get near its cage, the blue one shrieked and practically flung itself at that side of the cage.
At around 11:30, when you'd nearly begun to doze off, a huge crash, waking you up immediately.
You threw yourself up, the three symbiotes immediately getting alert as well. With a light kick, you sent the laptop to the other side of the room, backing up near the small symbiote's cage.
As it turned out, that was an act of good judgment on your part, because a moment later, the door crashed into the room, ripped right off its hinges.
A gigantic, bulking figure squeezed itself in through the doorway, and when you saw its face, you nearly cried out in fear.
Its eyes were wide, snake-like, with no pupils, a milky white color. Its mouth reminded you of a crocodile or alligator, with how wide it was, and the huge fangs.
The creature- symbiote, you figured, upon seeing the others' reactions, was nearly as tall as the ceiling. It was completely black, with white veins streaking all over it. Its hands were decorated with long, razor-sharp claws.
It didn't speak, just grinned, letting it's long, pink tongue loll out. When it turned its head, its eyes landed on you.
With a squeak, you ducked behind the cage even more as it stalked over to you. You squeezed your eyes shut, awaiting something- a clawed hand to your skull maybe, or it's fangs sinking into your skin. Neither happened.
Instead, it's dark, growl-like voice seeped into the air.
"SHE'S ONE OF THEM. THEY DESERVE TO DIE."
As you peeked one eye open, you saw that it was glaring down at itself, a snarl taking up its face. When you inched your foot out, it's head whipped up and snapped at you.
Then, it turned back down to itself. It continued to argue with itself, and despite the situation, you were curious. What was happening? Who was it arguing with? Did symbiotes get DID?
It stopped short, words cutting off at the loud "bang" next to you two. In sync with the creature, you turned your head, eyes going wide when you saw the small black symbiote stretched out across the cage.
"MANIA?" It hissed, eyes widening (if that was possible).
This confirmed your suspicion then- this was a symbiote, and you realized with a jolt that this was probably the stolen one.
Mania shrieked in response, nearly falling off the glass as it wriggled. With a growl to itself, the symbiote in front of you shoved his huge, clawed hand through the glass, shattering it with one punch.
Mania threw itself out of the broken cage, and before you could really react, latched onto you. You let out a cry as it sunk into your skin, shuddering in shock and horror.
The huge symbiote hissed, annoyed that the smaller one was now- what? Bonded with you?
Then, it seemed to accept that he couldn't kill you, instead sticking his clawed hand out to you.
"WE ARE VENOM."