What I wrote ten weeks ago in a post, here about how Sawyer felt about Jack when they were on the Island:
His school girl antics with Jack in the first seasons were just the manifestation of his crush in a way he himself couldn't grasp.
What I found yesterday: A French pop song from my youth (so the early 00's lol) sung by a then middle-school girl, to which the lyrics, when translated, say:
Test me, detest me. Love me, look at me.
Test me, detest me. But above all, look at me.
For a gesture, a word from you, I'd give anything I have.
Test me, detest me. Love me, look at me.
Test me, detest me. But above all, look at me.
And I mean, there's no better way to express his way of acting with Jack. It's so on the nose it made me lol for a while when I realised the parallels.
It's giving I'll tease you, call you names, have you break up the fights I'm a part of, follow you around making dumb jokes you're not in the mood for, volunteer for every risky thing you're also a part of, kiss the girl you're obviously crushing on, get injured so you can help me, and if all fails, I'll actually ask you to play courtyard games with me for a while... anything.
Anyting but, please, please, look at me.
Please, let me fuck you. (heyyy, I have smut on the brain, can you blame me?)
Anywayyyyyyyyyyy... Case closed.