Calico walked into the living room with a spring in her step. Tony paused the movie he was watching, tilting his head to the side. Calico plopped down next to him, her cellular clutched in her hand.
"What's got you so pumped up?"
"Steve just texted me-" She began, holding up her phone. Tony raised his hand, causing her to stop right in the middle of her story. He leaned back against the couch cushion and inhaled, as if he were going to ask her a very important question.
"Captain has a cellphone?" He asked instead, still completely serious. Calico rolled her eyes and groaned.
"As I was saying... In New York, there's a new Avenger. His name is Peter Parker. He also goes by Spiderman." Calico continued, looking down at her phone once she felt it vibrate again. She gasped and smiled, cooing at the screen.
"Are you having a stroke?"
"No. Stevie sent me a picture! Look, Peter so cute!" she squealed, leaning over and showing him. Tony wrinkled his nose and ignored the screen.
"Stevie?... Well, I don't like this guy." Tony said, pushing away her hand. Calico giggled.
"Tony, he's a kid. Or, he's in high school. You don't have to worry."
"Yes I do."
"I'm not attracted to him like I am to you. How about that? Are you happy now?"
"I still don't like him. You're only supposed to think I'm cute. Because I'm supposed to be the cutest thing in your world."
"He's puppy cute- wait, I don't have to explain myself to you! You do the same thing with girls, but... It's more sexual when you do it!"
"That's different."
"How?"
"Because it's sexual." Tony furrowed his eyebrows at his own temporary stupidity. Calico slowly stood up, sliding her phone into the back pocket of her jeans.
"I'm gonna go meet him. You can come, if you'd like." she said, giving him a quick kiss. Tony stood as well, shutting off his TV.
"Hm. I'm going, but only because I don't like the idea of my little Kitten traveling alone."
"I was going to take a car."
"Oh please, we both know you can't see over the dashboard."
"Hey!"
"Jarvis, if Pepper asked where we went, tell her we went to the strip club." Tony said to his house. Calico blinked.
"Why the strip...?"
"Cause it's fun to mess with Pepper."
"..."
"Oh, don't look at me like that."
"Where is the little guy?" Calico asked Steve the moment she walked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. building. Tony loudly sighed, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms. Steve cocked an eyebrow.
"He went to the bathroom. If you want to see him, just wait here. He'll be back soon." the blond said, smiling. Tony groaned, dropping his arms and placing his hands on his girlfriend's hips.
"God, can't we go? He's going to take forever! I'm supposed to be- er - not here today! I'm off duty!" he whined, placing his head in the crook of Calico's neck and nuzzling his face into the skin.
"No, here he is now!" Calico said, eyes darting to the door farthest to the left.
The tall, thin teenager slowly entered the room, his large brown eyes immediately landing on Calico and Tony. He smiled shyly, pushing up his glasses and coming to stand at Steve's side. A professional-quality camera hung loosely around his neck.
Calico pouted slightly. The boy was only sixteen, and he towered over her like it was nothing.
Peter hesitantly held out a hand for them to shake.
"Hi, I'm Peter. Parker. I mean, Peter Parker." he said with a nervous chuckle. Tony rolled his eyes.
"Well Peter, you already know who I am, so there's no point in introducing myself." he said arrogantly, moving away from Calico and crossing his arms. Steve gave him a look, but being who he was, Tony ignored it.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Peter! I'm Calico Potts!" the small ginger chirped, smiling broadly and shaking his hand. His face flushed as he pulled his hand away, looking at the ground.
All Calico could think of was how adorable he was, and how she wished she could adopt him as her little brother.
"I uh... Wow. Did you know that you are really cute? Do you go to school around here? I just transferred to K-Tech*." Peter asked, proceeding to lift his camera and snap a quick picture of her.
Calico blinked, slightly confused, and Steve burst into a series of giggles. Tony didn't know whether to be upset or to laugh, so he simply smirked.
"You mean am I a student? As in, I go to class and learn." Calico asked, pointing to herself. Peter nodded, looking at Tony and Steve with a puzzled expression in his eyes.
"I'm... I uh... graduated."
"Oh, recently? It is summertime, I keep forgetting."
"No. I graduated six or so years ago. I'm old. Elderly, even. I'm dating this dinosaur here." Calico pointed her thumb at Tony.
"I resent that. I've only got like fourteen years on you..." Tony mumbled with a pout. Peter stared vacantly at her.
Steve shook his head and walked away still smiling, most likely to go hang out with Clint (because oddly enough, that's who he got along best with other than Tony).
"You aren't kidding... Are you?" Peter finally asked. Calico shook her head. The two of them shared a laugh, Calico's stemming more from being embarrassed than Peter's. Even Tony had to chuckle.
"I guess I can tell a little, now that you say it. But your still cute. And age is nothing but a number." Peter said with a goofy smile, waggling his eyebrows. Tony cleared his throat, throwing an arm protectively around her shoulders. Peter blushed again, fingering the camera and nervously chuckling.
"I-I was only joking, Mr. Stark!"
"Yeah, that's what I thought you prepubescent pretty boy." Tony said. Calico turned around and punched him in the arm.
"Ow, why did that hurt?"
"Be nice and welcome him! He's going to be working with you! Stop being a twat, Tony!"
"Man, you have an arm on you, babe..."
"Anthony Edward Stark, you don't even realize that your in danger right now."
Ah, Calico had called him by his complete name. That couldn't be good, he realized.
Tony bit down on his bottom lip, holding back whatever smart remark that had just sprung to his mind. He decided that it would be in his best interest to just go with being kind.
He turned to Peter with a strained smile and held out his hand.
"Welcome to the Avengers. When you get the chance, try to make Dr. Banner angry."
"You mean The Hulk...?"
"Trust me, it's entertaining!"
*That's... Not a real high school. XD
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