Hello, everybody!

I'm back with a new chapter, and I'm doing something a little different this time. This story takes place with a slightly older Eddie; he's 22-years-old in this story, and a college student. The reason for this is because of the prompt, which comes from an idea suggested to me by DragonHighElder. It's a bit of a fourth wall break, and you'll see why once you read the chapter.

I hope you all like it! Enjoy!

A Bit of a Fourth Wall Break

Eddie was now 22-years-old, and in his final weeks at a small California coast college. He was going to get a degree in Journalism, and he was already interning at a newspaper with the hopes of working there full-time after he graduated. The graduation ceremony was in a couple weeks, and while he technically should be studying for finals, he had decided to go out with some friends to see a new, blockbuster superhero movie. It was a great movie, but unfortunately, it had given a certain symbiote some ideas.

"No," Eddie said as soon as he had locked the door to his apartment behind him, taking off his coat.

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY," Venom protested, sticking his head out of the human's shoulder.

"Don't need to," the college student replied, going to the small kitchen area and opening the freezer. "If your head had been visible, you would've been grinning the whole way back from the theatre." He took out a pack of frozen tater tots.

"BUT IT WAS SO COOL," the alien continued as his host walked over to the small air fryer on the counter. "HOW COME YOU NEVER TOLD US ABOUT THIS SPIDER-MAN SUPERHERO BEFORE?"

"I just wasn't that interested in him growing up." The man shrugged. "You've seen comics of him in stores before, and you never said anything about wanting to read them, so I figured you weren't interested either."

"... TRUE, BUT IT WAS A COOL MOVIE!" The symbiote brought his head around to his host's other shoulder. "AND WE HAD SOME IDEAS-"

"No way," Eddie cut in, turning on the fryer and pouring the frozen tots into it.

"C'MON, MAN! WE CAN DO ALL THE STUFF THAT LOSER CAN DO WITHOUT GETTING BITTEN BY A SPIDER!"

Eddie's arm suddenly jerked upwards, and a line of sticky black goo shot out of his wrist and hit the ceiling.

"BULLSEYE!"

"Venom, cut it out," the man snapped, pulling his wrist down with his other hand.

"CHILL OUT, EDDIE," Venom said. "YOU GOTTA ADMIT THAT WAS COOL!"

"But now there's a bunch of gunk on the ceiling," Eddie said, frowning at the symbiote. "The landlord's gonna have a fit when he sees this!'

"WE CAN HELP CLEAN IT UP!"

Eddie didn't like the tone of his friend's voice. "Venom-"

The man suddenly found himself leaping upwards, flying up and twisting around mid-air. He landed hands and feet first on the ceiling, somehow sticking to the ceiling. Yelping a little, he hugged the ceiling, too scared to move.

"V-V-VENOM," Eddie stammered loudly. "G-Get me down f-f-from here!"

"DON'T BE A BABY," the symbiote said mockingly. "WE'RE CLEANING UP THAT GOO FOR YOU!"

"While making us crawl across the ceiling like Spider-Man," the college student retorted. "Take me down; you know I don't do heights!"

The symbiote sighed, the black goo on the ceiling crawling back to the man's arm. "FINE." Eddie dropped down to the ground, thankfully not injuring himself. "AND WE THOUGHT PETER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE WIMPY ONE!"

"I'll throw out these tater tots," the human threatened.

"YOU NEVER LET US HAVE ANY FUN," the alien said morosely, his head sinking back into his host's shoulder.

"We have fun! We just saw a movie!"

BUT WE WANT TO SWING AROUND THE CITY LIKE SPIDER-MAN!

"And I want to live to see another day!"

YOU KNOW WE WOULDN'T LET YOU FALL! A tentacle poked out of the back of Eddie's back, tapping his shoulder. PLEASE? FIVE MINUTES! ONLY FIVE MINUTES, WE PROMISE! AND WE WON'T CLIMB ANY HIGH BUILDINGS!

Eddie didn't reply, though his resolve weakened a little. Some of the scenes of Spider-Man swinging across the city had been pretty cool, and the fight scenes were pretty good too. He also wondered, if he had a girlfriend, what it'd be like to kiss her while hanging upside down in the rain. Also, he knew that whenever Venom had his mind set on something, it was difficult to dissuade him from that. And he didn't want to fight his friend.

"I can't be recognized," Eddie reminded his friend. "And no climbing buildings higher than five stories."

DEAL! Black goo covered the college student from head to foot, showing Venom's humanoid form. However, probably to copy Spider-Man more, he had a white spider on his chest. "NOW LET'S GO!"

Unplug the air fryer first, Eddie reminded him.

"WHY? WE WANT THE TATER TOTS TO COOK WHILE WE'RE GONE!"

And I don't want to come back to find the apartment burned down!

"UURGH," Venom whined, but did as he said. "YOU BETTER MAKE US EXTRA TATER TOTS WHEN WE GET BACK."

If you say the magic word...

The alien crossed his arms, frowning a little. "MUST WE DO THIS EVERY TIME?"

Yes, the human replied. C'mon, V. It's the right thing to do. You even asked nicely to swing around the city like a superhero.

TRUE... PLEASE?

Okay, buddy. I'll even throw in an extra chocolate bar for doing the right thing.

"OH YEAH!" The alien ran to the nearest window, threw it open, and crawled out onto the fire escape. Shooting a long, black thread across the street, he tested the wait. "READY?"

Yeah, just... give me a minute. Eddie sounded a little nervous. Just gotta mentally psych myself out before I end up swinging around the city.

"OKAY, WE'LL WAIT." A few seconds passed, and then- "ENOUGH WAITING! LET'S GO!"

Venom, wait!

Several people on the streets were confused and scared when they saw a black blur swinging over their heads through the streets, whooping happily all the way. A few thought it looked like a bigger Spider-Man in a black costume, and they wondered if it was some sort of promotional stunt with the new movie. However, only a terrified human and his alien friend knew the truth.

Later, Eddie would say that it was pretty cool swinging around like a superhero, though he would never make it a full time job.

Yep! A bit of a fourth-wall break with them seeing a Spider-Man movie! Imagine their reaction if they ever saw the third Maguire movie! XD

Have a great day, everyone!

-aggiefrogger

I do NOT own Spider-Man, Peter Parker, or Marvel in any way.