for reference, dakota's suit is the iron man neon tech design:
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dakota liked peter a lot. he was, as it turned out, one of the smartest guys in the world. he also proved aunt may right; he did have the biggest crush on her. kodie could have sworn she'd even seen herself as his phone wallpaper before he quickly shoved the device back into his pocket.
aside from that (and his superhuman abilities), he was a completely normal kid. it had been years since kodie had been around someone her age that didn't seem out to use her. other than wanda, of course, but they didn't have much in common. conversation with peter seemed endless-- partly because he was extremely talkative, but mainly because they shared similar interests and hobbies.
happy hogan and dakota had both been in the car to pick up peter from his apartment, and the boy seemed flustered as he saw the girl again. "i'm peter." he said to happy, who didn't even bother to introduce himself, wordlessly turning up the volume of the car and blasting 'highway to hell'. they were, actually, just on the highway to avengers tower.
"new york." peter spoke in a gravelly voice from next to dakota, recording a video of the highway. "queens. it's a rough borough, but hey, it's home."
"who are you talking to?" happy asked from the front seat as peter turned the camera onto him.
"no one." peter said, in a normal voice this time. "just making a little video of the trip."
happy shook his head in exasperation. "you know you can't show it to anyone."
peter nodded. "yeah, i know."
"then why are you narrating in that voice?" happy countered, unimpressed.
"uh," peter trailed off, "because it's fun."
"fun." happy repeated, putting on his sunglasses and solemnly looking out the windshield.
peter kept the camera on happy. "so, uh, why do they call you happy?" happy raised the limo's partition, and peter's reflection shone back at him, the other half of the reflection being dakota laughing from the seat next to him.
once at the tower, dakota approached the jet parked outside. peter eyed it warily, making the girl chuckle. happy glanced at peter. "come on. i'm not carrying your bags. let's go." the man then turned to kodie. "kodes, do you want me to carry your bags?"
dakota sat near the middle of the jet, trying to give herself a view of the wing. happy plopped into the back of the jet, leaving both kids to themselves. peter anxiously approached kodie's seat, mumbling a soft, "can i sit here?" to dakota, who nodded, smiling up at him.
"so," peter had said after the two sat in silence for a few moments, "did may say anything embarrassing about me to you?" he asked, twiddling his thumbs, an act that seemed to be a habit of his.
"well," kodie began, laughing a little, "she basically said that i'm your celebrity crush."
peter dropped his head into his hands, his face red. "she did not."
