Forum with Q&A combined?

Am I misunderstanding how it works?

Let’s say the original poster isn’t asking a question. And I don’t need a solved aspect or a best answer because the question would be directed to the original poster that is sharing information via discussion and not asking a question.

Does it work if a person is asking a question in a reply and not as the thread starter? I ask because the examples I’m seeing are in the support forum in the form of original poster asking a question, so I’m unsure at the moment.

In an ideal world, a question could be posed to anyone in the thread, but for starters, I just want a question to be able to be posed to the original poster with a Post Reply and Ask OP a Question button and have it display in an organized way.