Alpha,
I had this work for me once, unintentionally, and I wasn't even aware of it.
A friend of mine was a total AFC and had it bad for this one girl. She was fighting with her bf and got to talking to my friend about it. Flirting with him and stuff. She totally mind f**ked this guy, and even when she and her bf ended it, she played with his head saying she wasn't ready.
One day, after hearing yet another pathetic story from my friend about how she's a good girl and just needs to get her mind right again after the breakup.....I walked up to her and said "Cut the crap, you and I both know that you're playing him to feel better about yourself. He's my friend and I'm not going to stand for you doing it anymore."
She said nothing, but we both knew she had nothing to say. So it all ended. Then, one year later, after I had forgotten I even told her that, she starts slowly coming on to me and stuff. I went on a couple of dates with her and ended up hitting it, and things progressed from there until she was my gf. Sometime in our relationship she relayed back to me when I told her not to play with my friend.....she was still pissed at me for that, LOL.
Anyways, it can be done......indirectly at least.....
Fed