Caught by the Hockey Captain
Looking at his messages, all wagging tail like a big dog, I thought back to how he'd been all afternoon, eyes on nothing but the puck.
The guy wasn't actually mean-hearted. He was just completely oblivious to how people worked.
I typed out a line.
"I watched your old game tapes. Everyone's just recklessly aggressive, dropping the gloves at the drop of a hat, all chasing the spotlight, and you play like a bunch of strangers. It doesn't matter how good the tactics are if the captain doesn't give a damn about his own teammates and lets bullying slide right under his nose."
He fired back a shocked reaction sticker in a heartbeat.