Theme: #60 – Competition
Summary: He had to beat Scott. He didn't understand why he had to beat Scott; just that it had to be done.
Word Count: 475
A.N: You know during 'Handshake' the look on Dillon's face when he tells Scott to 'keep trying'? I love it haha! You just know he sees Scott as his only competition for Summer's affections.
Disclaimer: I'm just playing with them for a little while. I don't actually own any of the characters.
"Just trying to make a point." Scott flashed an easy smile to Summer from his car. Dillon's eyes darted to the team leader and noting the look on his face when he spoke to Summer, and told him to keep trying. He did not know why his competitive side flared up when it came to Scott. Maybe it was because, unlike him, Scott was the golden boy, the team leader, the nice guy that everyone loved. Maybe it was because – though he would never have admitted it out loud – Scott did have a pretty sweet car. Hell, maybe it was just part of his biological make up as a man to compete to be alpha male – except he knew that wasn't it. Dillon had no problems at all with Flynn – or Ziggy even. In always came back to Scott. Truth be told, he knew it was not any of these things. He knew it was Summer. Within a few hours of arriving at The Garage he saw that Scott seemed to harbour a special affection for his female teammate.
It shouldn't have bothered him; why should he not like Summer? She was smart, kind, athletic, beautiful. Any guy's dream girlfriend. The problem was that Dillon had experienced her charm first hand, one-on-one. She had been the one to convince him to join the team and the first person to show him any kindness after being arrested. In a way, he felt like that meant something. Like it was their own personal claim to each other – he hadn't even thought of the others in the team having their own bonds with Summer that had existed long before any human-robot hybrid had staked a claim for Summer's affections. Dillon recognised immediately that Flynn did not view Summer as anything but a sister figure and at the same time had also noticed the way Scott was with her.
It was not as though Dillon went out of his way to steer Summer's attention closer to him; but he did not exactly stand by to allow Scott to swoop in to win her over, either. He was not over the top with his attempts to divert her - at least he hoped he wasn't. He had to play things cool – or as Ziggy had tried to put it 'treat 'em mean, to keep 'em keen' – a tactic which had never worked for Ziggy due to his lacking in 'bad boy' qualities. Dillon thought it sounded like a stupid idea anyway. Summer was not the type of girl to trip over herself to get a guy to notice her. If a man wanted her, he would have to do the chasing. And so Dillon chased – he understood why now. He had to beat Scott. He didn't understand why he had to beat Scott; just that it had to be done.