[a/n: i know it's only a dialogue fic but how long has it been since i've blessed you with a double update woop woop!]

"hey, stranger."

"uh, hello?" lucy said, confused. "who is this?"

the person on the other end of the call scoffed, as if he were offended. "i'm disappointed you don't remember me."

"am i supposed to?"

"i thought my performance as a telemarketer was much more memorable than you're making it out to be."

lucy sighed. this guy again? "oh, right. um, what's up?"

the boy on the other line paused. "nothing, just...doing homework. you?"

"eating pizza with tony stark."

his voice was squeaky having gone up an entire octave in surprise. "wait, really? can you tell him - "

lucy chuckled. "i'm just kidding, you loser." she hesitated before asking, "what did you mean when you asked me to tell him something?"

if it weren't for the calm breathing on the other end of the line, lucy would have thought he'd hung up. "uh, dude?" she said, trying to keep his attention.

"yeah, sorry, um...it's just, i've got an internship at stark industries, and...yeah."

the teenager sat back, raising her eyebrows. "really? how'd that get arranged?"

"i...applied," he said quietly, as if he were trying to remember. "it's not that big of a deal."

lucy rolled her eyes. "sure, buddy. look who's keeping secrets now?" she smirked.

"peter."

"what?"

"my name. i figured i should tell you at least one thing about me."

lucy bit her lip. "how do you know i'm not some middle-aged divorced man that spends his days trolling telemarketers? you don't know anything about me."

"yeah, well, you don't sound like...what you just described. you seem...nice."

"nice?" lucy had to bite back her satisfied smirk. she loved teasing this stranger. "just nice?"

"it's like you said," he insisted, "i don't know you."

"lucy," she replied.

"what?"

"my name. lucy."

there was a heartbeat of silence on the line before he responded in a soft tone, "it's nice to meet you, lucy."

lucy smiled.

"it's nice to meet you, too, peter."