symbionicWHO: Flash Thompson, Valeria Richards, and other roommates if they desire
WHERE: Residence #011
WHEN: backdated to...Wednesday April 16th
WHAT: World's youngest genius meets secret superhero
WARNINGS: Valeria Richards being a smartass. Possible mentions of cannibalism and the taste of brains.
[Flash would be a fool if he didn't admit he found some of this at least a little suspicious. And it's troubling; he hopes his family is fine, Betty, Harry and Liz and the rest of the crew. At least he doesn't have to worry about Peter, and he can forgive him for his weird behavior, lately, just for the sake of being glad to see him, and see that he's all right, and seems to be back to normal. They'll talk about it. Flash doesn't forget. But he forgives, when he has to, and no harm permanently done.
What's weird about it, though, is how normal it seems. Wake up, go to work, come home from work, sneak out at night and go patrolling. Except for the part where he lives with Tony Stark and the daughter of the famous Fantastic Four, and that seems surreal. Of course they're real people, but it's weird to think of them that way; who ever wants to imagine Tony Stark's weird-ass eating habits or the state of his bathroom? Not. Flash. Thompson. But his overwhelming impulse, as always, is to just be friendly, and though he's never wanted to be a father and been unwilling to take responsibility for a child, in the wake of his own disastrous family life...usually the only person home when he comes home in the afternoons, around and available, is Valeria Richards.
So he's determined to make a go at befriending her. If only because he's not sure how reliably Tony Stark and Peter Parker can go about, say, making sure she eats, and stuff like that. It doesn't occur to him that any contact with her tells her volumes about him; he can't really process "three year old genius" all that well, so he doesn't even think to worry about it.
He's far more concerned with keeping the secret of Venom from the other adults.
(He's not even sure he should tell Tony Stark, who learned it, if he doesn't already know yet.)]