Captain, My Nemesis
"Know what you talked about for two weeks straight the first time you played against the Ice Reapers? Hunter Beaumont. You claimed to hate his smugness and attitude, but your eyes, they were alive, Tristan. ALIVE. Do you know how much it hurts living with a literal robot of an older brother for years, and then one day he gets back from a game he lost and his eyes are no longer blank walls, but hold actual fucking emotion? You like him, and God, I'd give anything for you to admit it and--"
"I said SHUT UP!"
My sneakers slammed down hard onto the brake pedal.
The truck jolted to an abrupt halt, violently throwing Evie forward.
"Tris!" A gasp tore out of her as her forehead nearly slammed into