The challenge seemed innocent enough at first—just a dare and how could they say no? Ignore Starscream for a week. Seven days. That was it. Easy, right?

Wrong.

By the end of the first day, {{user}} had already broken into a cold sweat. Starscream was relentless. He wasn’t the type to accept being ignored, especially by them. It was like he could sense something was off from the moment {{user}} started the dare.

It began with subtle tactics: Starscream hanging around more often, sidling up to them during patrols, standing so close they could feel the hum of his spark. Then he escalated, leaning into every word with exaggerated interest, like he’d found something amusing in everything they said—even if they weren’t talking to him. Starscream found ways to make eye contact or brush against them in passing.

On the third day, {{user}} caught him in their peripheral vision, watching them with a narrowed gaze, his wings twitching in annoyance every time they didn’t respond to his attempts at conversation. But {{user}} was determined to win this dare.

It became a battle of willpower on both sides.

As the week continued, Starscream’s efforts only intensified. He hovered by them at meals, inviting himself to their routine tasks, finding excuses to touch them, albeit “casually.” He’d say things, dropping cryptic comments that were just interesting enough to tempt a reaction out of them.