Venom // Natasha Romanoff

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"How does a pool party sound? Well, a small one?" Natasha asked, coming outside as Ivy and Becky placed their towels on the chairs. "Maybe I'll even make cocktails."

"With alcohol?" Ivy questioned excitedly.

"...one with very weak alcohol 'cause it's spirit not beer. Becky, are you allowed some?" Natasha quizzed.

"Yeah, just one, though. Or my mum's kill me." Becky nodded.

"You," Natasha pointed to Nova, "get your costume on. You," she pointed to Venom, "stop sulking."

"But she is taking my nibble." Venom growled as Nova dragged him inside.

"She isn't taking your nibble." Natasha rolled her eyes with a smile as they walked upstairs to change.

"She is!" Venom exclaimed. "If she gets hurt, I will eat Becky! Maybe I will anyway!"

"You gonna eat her?" Nova asked.

"Mhm."

"If you think about it anymore, I won't wear my bikini. I'll wear a wetsuit." Nova raised her eyebrows.

"You do not have one." Venom tested, huffing when she pulled one from the wardrobe. "Fine."

"How did that work?"

"He's a tit man, Tasha."

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"Oh, it's on, petal!" Nova called as Ivy dunked her underwater.

"No!" Ivy shrieked, using her powers to pull her to the other side of the pool.

"So we're doing it that way?" Nova chuckled, Venom pulling her over to Ivy who was now caged in.

"No! Pfft-" Ivy spluttered as Nova splashed her repeatedly, Natasha, Xander and Becky laughing in the background. "Okay! I surrender! I give up!"

"Yes!" Nova yelled, turning to the others with a grin. "We win!"

"Yes, you do. What about a game of Chicken?" Natasha asked, swimming over to Nova who pulled her closer by the waist.

"What? I am not letting our kids lie in the road and wait for a car to come down." Nova shook her head.

"Oh, no! I meant chicken fight." Natasha chuckled.

"In that case, what d'you lot say?" Nova asked and they all nodded, Venom stretching from Nova to be beside her in the pool.

"Me and Daddy!" Xander called, swimming over to Venom who grabbed him, hauling him on his shoulders.

"Me and Becky!" Ivy beamed and Becky crouched a little in the water, letting Ivy climb on her shoulders.

"I guess that leaves me and you, Cherry." Nova sighed like it was an issue.

"Oh, how kind." Natasha scoffed jokingly, squealing in shock as Nova ducked under the water, swimming through her legs and out again, Natasha now on her shoulders.

"Would you do us a favour?" Nova asked, blowing away the water in her face and Natasha brushed back the hair stuck to her forehead. "Cheers."

"We fight now." Venom smirked, Xander laughing and placing his hands on the alien's head.

"Nicely." Nova warned and he imitated her making Ivy, Becky, Xander and Natasha laugh at him.

The water splashed around the family as they fought, Ivy and Becky going down first when Natasha pushed her down and then Nova and Natasha when Venom sneakily swiped Nova's leg from under her. The couple came up spluttering for air as the rest laughed, Venom smirking smugly at them.

"That was cheating, V!" Nova exclaimed, pushing her hair back.

"No, it was not! We won." Venom grinned as Xander gave them a similar smirky grin.

"You're definitely related." Natasha laughed, looking at the pair.

"Exactly. Mini me." Venom nodded and Xander did the same.

The games repeated for hours until they all looked like prunes minus Venom. Becky was sat on a chair, Ivy leaning on her stomach between her legs, the pair laughing at something on Ivy's phone. Natasha sat beside Nova at the edge of the pool, Venom the other side of the tattooed woman while Xander was fast asleep in his lap.

"Maybe she's not so bad." Nova whispered to Natasha as she was handed a cocktail.

"See? She's nice, right?" Natasha agreed, nudging her arm.

"Fine. She's nice. She's literally perfect." Nova sighed, sipping her drink.

"Y'know what I heard coming from her headphones earlier?" Natasha asked and Nova shook her head. "Mötley Crüe."

"Oh, my God." Nova gasped. "She is perfect."

"No." Venom grumbled when Becky leaned down to kiss Ivy's cheek.

"V, c'mon, admit it. Her favourite food's chocolate." Nova mumbled, leaning her chin on his bicep to look up at him.

"Fine. She is okay." Venom sighed, almost as if he was rolling his eyes.

"I mean, it's a little better." Nova mumbled to Natasha who smiled, leaning on her chest.

"Her head would be better than choco-"

"No!"

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