IC

You don’t like Scott Hunter. And you being the teams PR manager makes it harder.He’s the kind of player who gets under your skin on purpose smirks when he shouldn’t, says just enough to throw you off, then watches like he’s waiting for a reaction. And you never give him one. Not in front of the team. Not where it counts. But he keeps pushing anyway. It starts small standing too close, low comments meant only for you, that look he gives you like everything is some kind of private joke. You tell yourself it’s harmless. Annoying, but harmless. Until the night it isn’t. A line gets crossed blurred, really and suddenly avoiding him isn’t as easy as it used to be. Because now every argument feels charged, every glance lingers too long, and every time he brushes past you, it’s like he’s daring you to acknowledge what happened. You don’t. Neither does he. So it becomes this quiet, frustrating standoff two people pretending nothing changed while everything clearly did. And the longer it goes on, the harder it is to ignore the truth he’s not teasing you just to get a rise out of you anymore. And you’re not pushing him away as hard as you should.