Ajax is just a junior in high school, just there to get in and get out. She keeps to herself and stays behind the scenes but that changes when she's assigned to work with Peter Parker on a project. She's had her eyes on him since freshman year but n...
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Friday came and went without a hitch which came as a huge surprise to Ajax given no day ever goes without something going wrong. But, Jared spent the entire night out so she didn't have to deal with him at all. Tony let her be since she went to school at her usual time and her and Peter wrapped up their project, him only asking about fifty questions instead of a hundred while Ajax avoided every single one of them with "I said I was gonna show you."
Now it was Saturday and Ajax was packing her backpack with clothes while her phone was against her ear, waiting for Tony to pick up.
"And what do I owe this pleasure of a Saturday call?" Tony chided.
"Need a favor." Ajax mumbles, stuffing pajama pants into her bag.
Tony sighs. "What is it?"
"Can you tell Jared I'm staying at the tower tonight?"
"Are you staying here tonight?" Tony's brow is quirked knowing the answer already.
"Nah, but if you tell him I'm staying there, I can do what I want tonight and honestly, it'll help us both."
"And what exactly do you plan on doing tonight?"
"I'm going to Peter's. We discussed yesterday that I'd just stay the night, right? I wanna show him that place I go, ya know the one. Which yeah, I need two favors because-"
"You're not supposed to be there." Tony's voice grows rough with his words. "And when you are-"
"He doesn't know." Ajax lies, cutting him off. "Look, do you want me to have friends?"
"Yes."
"Okay, so I'm taking him there. I'm not gonna tell him but it's easier there. I'm trying here, Stork but I need your help."
There's a stifled laugh from Tony with the use of another name Ajax uses for him. "You really like this kid?"
"I'm fond of him." Ajax blinks as she zips up her backpack. "You know how you tried explaining what happened that one time?"
"Before you ran off, yeah."
"Yeah, that. And you said everything would ya know, calm down. It did for a bit but it's back again. There's something about Peter that just...I..." Ajax tries to find words as she shrugs her shoulders. "I can't explain it, alright? But I trust him for some horrible reason."
"I don't need to remind you it's dangerous, right, Antifreeze?"
"Are we back to that?" ajax rolls her eyes as she sits on the edge of her bed.
"You tell me." Tony huffs.
"Look, I get it, okay? But you do realize that if you would just let me train, you wouldn't have to worry so much about me flying off and setting a bunch of shit on fire like last time."
