[RP for charring]

[promisebreaker]

Peter had been trying to get his courage up for this particular evening for at least two weeks, longer than that if he's honest with himself. He's decided it required a real night out away from the house so the rooftop, where he and Charlie usually spent time, was out. The cafe down the street was out as well. It was getting a little cold for Central Park, which had been his first thought. He'd briefly considered the top of the Empire State Building, but he took her to the tops of buildings all the time. He wanted something different and memorable. Finally, he sent her a text with an address, told her to dress in something comfortable but nice. He'd meet her there.

When she showed up he was there at the front door with a pair of jeans on, a white button down and a dark jacket. He was wearing his converse, bouncing on his toes as he waited for her. The address he'd sent her to happened to be this.

Comments

[charring]

"Yeah. Yeah, it will be." She was ecstatic, honestly. Practically bouncing in her own way, which wasn't much. She was still learning how to successfully show big emotions without setting big things on fire.

"You realize that Barton will probably be even more obnoxious than usual, right?" Meaning he will find ways to worm in between them at any opportunity and not just on movie nights in the building.

[promisebreaker]

Practically bouncing ecstatic was good. It was exactly what Peter had been hoping for.

"Are you kidding? I expect several 'I told you so's a day."

Peter expected Barton to make their lives difficult. It was what he was there for. Peter was convinced it was his purpose in the building.

[charring]

"He'll get creative with it. I just know it. Spell it out with whatever Alphabits he doesn't use in his very, very gross O'Douls and cereal concoction." She's guessing, anyway.

"Actually, I take that back. Barton's probably the type to try to sneak up on you and say it. Probably text it to you dozens of times."

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"Oh he'll text it to me, call the coffee shop and make sure it's what they put on my coffee cup every morning and probably manage to get my teachers to say it to me at least once."

Peter was well aware of the ribbing he was going to take from Barton in regards to this. He'd decided it was worth it.

[charring]

Charlie continued walking with Peter, laughing slightly. "You'll wake up and it'll be on your mirror. He'll get your phone in his hands and his name in it will suddenly be 'Told you so'."

It will be amusing. "And Pepper's going to have fun with it, too."

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"Pretty much what I'm expecting," Peter agreed with a nod that Charlie probably couldn't see.

He groaned slightly. "Yeah, she's going to have a lot of fun with it. She'll be nicer than Barton though. I think she actually likes me. Barton only likes me when he's annoying me. I think I'll probably go buy a case of red bull and then go ask if he'll help me out with some training."

Barton couldn't, in good conscience, tell Peter no to a training request and hopped up on three or four red bulls, Peter would drive Barton insane simply by existing.

[charring]

Charlie might have to sit in on this training mission. It sounds highly amusing.

"It all sounds worth it, honestly. All the teasing and looks we're going to get?" She's beyond okay with all of it. She's looking forward to some of it, honestly.

"And...this'll probably get Molly from school to leave you alone." Which Charlie is looking forward to in a huge way.

[promisebreaker]

It probably would be, at least for an observer. Barton and Peter might not think so.

"Hey," his voice was a little lower, serious. "If I didn't think it was worth it, I wouldn't be asking."

That got a grin out of him though. "Definitely a plus."