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GWEN didn't just touch him; she claimed him. She clung to Peter with a desperation that bordered on feral, her mouth crashing against his with the force of a breaking wave. Her hands were a restless fire, wandering over the planes of his body without a flicker of shame—only a starving, bottomless hunger.
Then, he heard it. A low, vibrating growl pulled from the depths of her throat, sounding less like a woman and more like a lioness who had finally cornered her prize.
Peter’s breath hitched, a strangled moan catching in his chest as Gwen’s teeth grazed the sensitive cord of his neck, sinking in just enough to leave a mark.
“Gwen,” he managed to rasp, his voice straining against the sudden heat. “You’re getting a little… wild.”
She pulled back just inches, her pupils blown wide until her blue eyes were nothing but shimmering rings of sapphire. The look in them wasn't just desire; it was a promise.
“Maybe, I want to be wild,” she whispered against his skin, her voice a sultry purr that sent a shiver straight down his spine, “Getting tired of timid and tame nights.”
A single, searing kiss landed just beneath the line of his jaw before her path of fire turned downward, migrating toward the ache building in his abdomen. Peter’s blood felt like molten lead, his skin flushing with a heat so sudden and absolute he felt as though he were being consumed by a summer forge.
He swallowed hard, tracking the predatory gleam in Gwen’s sapphire eyes.
With a fluid, unbothered grace, she discarded her layers, tossing them aside until she was bared to the moonlight. She straddled his lap, her weight a delicious torture, her curves a masterpiece of moonlight and shadow. Peter let out a broken groan. The friction of her silk against his straining denim was a sensory assault—too much, yet nowhere near enough.
“I can feel you, Peter,” Gwen whispered, her voice a low, melodic taunt. She didn't look away as she teased the peak of her own breast, her eyes locked on the frantic pulse in his neck. “You’re so hard for me. Even through the lace, I’m slick with the thought of it. Of you.”
“Gwen,” Peter panted, his hands hovering over her hips, unsure if he should pull her closer or beg for mercy. The pressure was a mounting tide, his body a wire pulled to the snapping point. “Where did you learn… to do this?”
A wicked, breathless giggle escaped her. “Does the origin matter, stud?” she murmured, leaning down until her breath fanned over his lips. “Forget the world. Forget everything but the way I’m making you feel right now.”
She didn't wait for an answer. Her nimble fingers made quick work of his buttons, the metallic clicks sounding like thunder in the quiet room. When he finally sprang free, Gwen let out a soft, sharp intake of breath.
“Ra–,” she breathed, her gaze traveling the length of him. She leaned down, her face inches from the heat of him, her cool breath a startling contrast to his feverish skin. “I knew you were built for this, but this… it’s amazing.”
She pressed a lingering, reverent kiss to the crown of his length—a gesture as intimate as a vow, yet dripping with carnal intent. He felt his pulse thrumming against her lips, a shameless twitch of acknowledgment that made her smirk.
“He likes my kisses,” she purred. “Let’s see how he likes my tongue.”
She didn't look away. Not once. She maintained that piercing, sapphire gaze as she ran the velvet of her tongue from the base to the tip, a slow, agonizingly wet stroke. Peter’s head hit the pillow, his fingers knotting into the fabric as he fought for air. This Gwen was a fox—cunning, playful, and entirely in control of his undoing.
“Tell me, stud,” she challenged, her hand wrapping around him to guide the rhythm, her palm slick and warm. “Do you like my tongue licking on your cock like a lollipop? Do you want more?”
“Y-Yes,” he managed, the word a wrecked fragment of a sound.
She nipped at him again, a wet, playful bite that drew a sharp gasp from his lungs. “I can’t hear you, Peter.”
“Yes! God, yes,” he choked out, his voice raw.
Gwen didn't make him wait any longer. With a slow, deliberate tilt of her head, she began to take him in, sinking down until the world narrowed to the slide of her throat and the heat of her mouth. Every inch was a new degree of ruin, her skills were magic that left him utterly defenseless.
This wasn’t human. That was the only thought Peter could grasp as Gwen gripped him, her mouth a feverish, devouring heat that sought to pull the very soul from his body. His toes curled, his knuckles white as he anchored himself to the pillows, the world narrowing to the friction and the mounting, unbearable pressure. He was on the precipice, the tension in his thighs screaming for the end.
Gwen felt the shift in his pulse.
She pulled away—begrudgingly, the loss of her warmth leaving him cold and aching. Peter let out a broken sound of protest, a plea dying on his tongue as she silenced him with a single, cool finger pressed against his lips.
“Shhh,” she whispered, her voice like velvet over steel. “Patience, Peter. You’ll have your release, but not here.”
She rose, standing over him on the mattress. Her plaid skirt hovered inches from his face, and the scent of her—sweet, sharp, and entirely female—clouded his senses. Even through the fabric of her leggings, he could see the damp evidence of her own hunger.
With a predator’s smile, Gwen hooked her fingers into the waistband, lifting the skirt to reveal the ruin she’d become. The air turned heavy with the musk of her desire. With a slow, deliberate flex of her hands, she tore the front of the lace, the fabric yielding with a sharp, rhythmic snap until she was bared to him.
She stepped closer, her thighs framing his head, her fingers tangling deep into his hair to tilt his face upward.
“Make me ready,” she commanded. The words were a queen’s order, but they were laced with a jagged, desperate need.
Peter didn't need to be told twice. He leaned into the heat, his eyes fluttering shut as he surrendered to a more primitive instinct. He worked with a single-minded focus, his tongue tracing the slick, plum-colored folds of her center.
The response was immediate—a chorus of fractured moans and sharp inhalations that told him he’d found his mark. Gwen’s grip in his hair tightened, pulling him deeper, her body arching as she guided his exploration. When he transitioned from tongue to teeth, grazing the hypersensitive bud of her clitoris, she let out a sound that was half-sob, half-growl.
Gwen was no longer standing still. Lost to the friction, she began to thrust her hips against his face, using him with a rhythmic, desperate intensity. Peter didn't mind being used; he thrived on it. His free hand found his own length, his thumb catching the bead of moisture at the tip as he mirrored her pace, his other hand cupping himself in a frantic, heavy ache.
“Peter—Peter—ah! Peter…” she cried out, her name for him, a prayer and a demand all at once. Her hips moved faster, a blurred frantic motion. “I’m close… I’m going to break!”
With a sound that was less a cry and more a primal, lioness roar, Gwen broke.
The taste of her was a heady intoxicant—salt and honeyed heat—as she came apart against him. Her hips bucked in a frantic, stuttering rhythm, her body flickering with the aftershocks of a pleasure so violent it seemed to vibrate through Peter’s very bones.
“Peter,” she gasped, her voice a wrecked thread of sound. “Your tongue… Gods.”
He watched her, his own chest heaving, his pulse thrumming with the dark satisfaction of her undoing. But Gwen wasn't finished. With a sudden, renewed hunger, she crawled up his length, shifting until she was poised over his lap. She aligned herself, the slick heat of her ready and waiting for the heavy ache of his cock.
“I’m ready,” she whispered, her dilated eyes black pits of sapphire fire. There was no hesitation left in her—only the raw, starving need for what came next.
She began to sink down. Slowly, agonizingly, she took him in. Her thighs trembled under the strain, and she jammed a finger between her teeth to stifle a scream as her body stretched to accommodate him.
“You’re so big,” she guttered, the words a raw, unfiltered confession. “So fucking big.”
The tension held for a heartbeat before her strength finally gave way. She dropped, spearing herself onto him in one fluid, devastating motion. Gwen’s head snapped back, her breath hitching in a silent gasp, her tongue darting out in a desperate search for air. Peter didn't give her the chance to recover. He lunged upward, capturing her mouth in a kiss that tasted of shared fire.
They broke the kiss, but the frantic rhythm of their bodies only deepened, becoming a desperate, sliding friction. Gwen cupped Peter’s chin, her fingers trembling as she forced his gaze to meet her dazed, sapphire eyes. Her breath, cool and tinged with mint, fanned over his skin as she rode him with the fervor of a woman, starved, her gasps a sweet, chaotic music in his ears.
“I fucking love you!” she panted, her lips raining feverish, erratic kisses across his jaw, his cheeks, his brow. “I love you, Peter. So much… I never want to let you go.”
The sudden intensity of her words—the sheer weight of her devotion—thrummed through him, but Peter’s mind was too far gone to dissect it. He was a creature of instinct now, a man of salt and heat.
With a low growl, he shifted, the sheets tangling around them as he surged upward. Gwen let out a sharp yelp of surprise as she found herself pinned against the mattress, the cooling air hitting her skin before Peter’s weight descended once more. He hovered over her, his length grazing her center, the friction alone drawing a ragged moan from her throat.
“Peter,” she breathed, a plea and a prayer.
He drove home. Gwen’s scream was raw and unadulterated, her back arching off the bed as he filled her to the brink, his depth stretching her until she felt as though she were being reshaped by him.
He began his pace—slow, punishingly deep, and relentless. Every thrust was a deliberate claim, a steady rhythm that had her clawing at the air. Then, the tempo shifted. He became a blur of motion, driving into her with a savage speed.
“Peter! Oh, gods—ah! Don't stop! Don't you dare stop!”
Faster.
“Yes! Drive it deep… make me remember you!” she cried, her voice breaking.
Faster still.
“More—more! Please! I need you, Peter! I need you!”
The world began to gray at the edges, the pressure building into a blinding, white-hot crest. Gwen’s thighs locked around his waist, her heels digging into the small of his back.
“Peter! I—I’m going to—gods, I’m breaking!”
Then, the dam burst.
“Inside me!” she shrieked, her voice cracking with the force of her climax. “Give it all to me!”
Peter didn't just reach the end; he collided with it. As he felt her internal muscles clench around him in a rhythmic, crushing pulse, he surrendered. His fingers dug into the mattress, his back snapping taut as he released his load deep within her. Gwen let out a choked, sobbing sound—not for air, but from the sheer, overwhelming sensation of being filled by him.
His heart hammered against his ribs like a trapped bird as he gave her every last drop, his body twitching with the final, echoing tremors of his release.
Finally, spent and hollowed out, Peter collapsed beside her. Gwen moved instantly, her limbs heavy but determined as she curled into him, tucking herself into every curve of his body as if trying to merge their souls.
Silence began to settle, but the peace was an illusion.
A sharp, electric hum began to vibrate at the base of his skull. A warning.
PETER!
The voice was a jagged blade in his mind. Venom. The symbiote was screaming, a frantic, unintelligible roar that Peter was too exhausted to translate. His vision blurred, the room swimming in shadows. The last thing he saw was the dark, swirling orb of the Venom symbiote trapped within its glass capsule on the nightstand, its surface roiling with fury.
Then, he looked at Gwen. Her sapphire eyes were fixed on him—possessive, protective, and hauntingly bright—as her arms tightened around him like a cage.
Before he could ask why, the darkness claimed him.
The morning light didn’t wake him; it assaulted him.
Peter groaned, shielding his eyes from a glare that felt like a serrated blade against his retinas. He sat up, his head throbbing with a rhythmic, heavy pulse. As his vision cleared, the wreckage of the room came into focus. It looked less like the site of a lovers' tryst and more like a battlefield. The sheets were twisted, soaked in a cold, cloying sweat and a scent that made his skin crawl—metallic, sharp, and utterly wrong.
From the bathroom, the shower hissed. A low, melodic humming drifted through the steam, a song that should have been sweet but now made the hair on his arms stand up.
Memories of the night before flashed through his mind—Gwen’s hunger, her desperate clinging, the way she had looked at him. He tried to summon the warmth of the memory, but it felt hollow, like a photograph of someone who had already died.
“Peter?” her voice drifted out, muffled by the spray. “Are you awake, stud?”
“Yeah,” he croaked, his throat feeling as though it were filled with glass.
“If you’re done being lazy, come join me,” she purred. He could almost hear the curve of that sly, predatory smile. “I’m not finished with you yet.”
He forced a chuckle, but it died in his chest as his eyes landed on the nightstand. Inside the reinforced glass capsule, the Venom symbiote was a frenzied mess of midnight ink. It wasn't just moving; it was slamming itself against the glass with a violence that made the container rattle against the wood. It was starving for his skin, its surface roiling in a desperate, jagged dance.
What’s gotten into you? Peter murmured, his fingers trembling as he reached for the seal.
The moment the glass cracked open, the symbiote didn't just crawl; it erupted. It surged up his arm like a freezing tide, its voice screaming in his mind before it had even fully bonded.
PETER! RUN! GET OUT NOW!
Peter flinched, the mental scream echoing in his skull like a physical blow. What the hell, Ven? Relax, it’s just—
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND! The symbiote’s terror was a cold, oily slick in his brain. THE THING IN THE SHOWER. IT IS NOT HER. IT IS NOT THE GIRL!
What are you rambling about? Peter’s heart began to hammer a frantic rhythm against his ribs. Gwen called me. I picked her up. We were—
PETER, LISTEN TO ME! Venom’s voice was a jagged rasp of pure panic. THE REAL GIRL CAME TO THE APARTMENT AN HOUR AGO TO FIND YOU! SHE IS AT THE POLICE STATION NOW! SHE LOST HER PHONE AT THE WATCHTOWER YESTERDAY!
Peter froze. The steam from the bathroom was beginning to curl around the doorframe like ghostly fingers.
But… if Gwen didn't text me…
SHE DIDN'T! Venom hissed, the black suit already beginning to form over Peter's trembling hands. WHATEVER YOU BROUGHT HOME LAST NIGHT… IT JUST WANTED AN INVITATION IN.
Through the frosted glass of the shower door, the silhouette of the woman stopped moving. The humming ceased. The only sound was the steady, rhythmic drip of water… and the sound of the bathroom door beginning to creak open.
Peter surged out of bed, his movements frantic as he scrambled for his clothes. His skin felt as though it were crawling with a thousand invisible insects. Across the room, the bathroom remained a sanctuary of steam and lies, the sweet humming continuing with a rhythmic, haunting precision that now sounded less like a song and more like a predator mimicking a bird.
Rewind, Ven, Peter commanded, his thoughts a chaotic mess of static. You aren’t making sense. I was with her. I felt her.
PETER, LISTEN! Venom’s voice was a frantic vibration in his marrow. The real girl arrived at your door an hour after you left. She knocked until the neighbors complained. She let herself in with her spare key, searching for you. It was her scent, Peter. The real Gwen was here, worried because she couldn’t find you!
Peter’s gaze snapped to the bathroom door. A cold, numbing dread began to seep into his chest, heavy as grave dirt. If the real Gwen had been here, looking for him... then who—or what—was currently rinsing his scent off its skin?
With trembling fingers, he snatched his phone from the nightstand. He swiped past the lock screen, his eyes burning as he found the thread. There it was. The message from last night. The invitation. It was her number. Her contact name.
It came from her phone, Ven! Look!
Gwen lost that phone at the Watchtower, Peter! the symbiote hissed, its black mass coiling tighter around his heart. She went there to report it stolen. She came to tell you she was offline, that she was safe... but you were already gone. You were already following the signal.
Peter stared at the screen, the blue light reflecting in his wide, haunted eyes. He began to replay the previous night—every touch, every "lioness" growl, the way she had looked at him with those black-pit pupils. He looked for the crack in the mask.
Then, it dawned on him. A memory he had suppressed in the heat of the moment.
The memories of the night before didn't just return; they curdled.
They had gone to that hole-in-the-wall bar near ESU—a place he’d never mentioned to Gwen. Yet, she had walked in as if she owned it. She had ordered vodka and his favorite obscure whiskey without glancing at the menu, her movements fluid and strange.
She had been acting so guilty last night. He had thought it was about their recent distance, but now the words she’d whispered in the dark took on a jagged, terrifying edge.
“I threw it all away. I threw you away. I was the reason your life turned into a living hell...”
Was that a confession for a misunderstanding... or for a fight she had started?
“I’m sorry for being a bad friend. I’m sorry for hurting you. I’m sorry for all those terrible things that happened.”
Was she apologizing for ignoring him to focus on her hero duties while he suffered from being bullied... or was it for the months she had spent bullying him?
Peter looked at his phone one last time, the screen blurring. Gwen lost her phone at the Watchtower. Then his gaze drifted slowly, agonizingly, toward the bathroom.
“...and I’m sorry for what I’m doing right now.”
The humming had stopped.
She was standing there, right in front of him. She hadn't walked out; she was simply there, hovering an inch off the floor. She was naked, uncaring, the water from the shower still sluicing off her skin and pooling on the hardwood in a rhythmic drip-drop.
She leaned in, her hands tucked innocently behind her back, her chest and face pushed toward him. She wore a wide, beaming grin—a look of radiant, childish innocence that sent a cold spike of pure terror through Peter’s heart.
The ocean-blue eyes. They weren’t Gwen’s. Too deep. Too hungry.
“K-Kara?” he choked out.
The grin widened, splitting her face with a predatory delight.
“Hey, Bug-Boy.”
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