we need to have words

He held her and waited, expecting her confirmation that he'd simply forced her to wait too long. Venom had offered him the world and he'd offended her in taking the time to think about it. Perhaps the reason Az'd taken so much time away from her was the fear that this was coming, and yet it was the time away from her that allowed this other man to weasel his way in.

Az could hear the pain in her voice and he clenched her to him tighter, hating that he was the cause of it all. She did not outright reject him however, and that was enough to keep him hoping that there was still a chance that he could make it all okay again. He drew his paw up, lightly stroking his claws through her fur from her neck down her spine. The physical touch was the only way he knew how to comfort her when words seemed to fail him. "Every day." He murmured. "It feels like to choose, I need to break myself in half. Let a part of myself go, and I don't want to." If Venom felt as torn by this as he did, Az wasn't sure if he could bring himself to demand her to choose either. He sighed once more.