Wooow, I only read this because I saw the second one first. I don’t think it was toxic like in the way most obvious toxic BLs are, but damn do they need some therapy. My guy, it looks like he’s a predator at this point cause now his new boyfriend is even younger than his first. Like I figure that wasn’t supposed to be the intention, but goddam, that’s all I see. And wtf?! Who fakes their own death to get away from their ex unless it is a horrible and dangerous relationship. In retrospect, everything was fine with them (except for the morals of a teacher) but the kid’s family fucked it up and went that drastic to say he died?! That’s traumatizing! So many emotions going on. And then bro just accepts to use him as a look-alike stand-in! That can bring on so many insecurities along the way. I’m not a fan of age gaps, but I’ll read them…but knowing he was a teacher is weird, but at least he’s not currently his teacher. At one point I was just thinking everyone sucks. Teacher guy needs to not get in a relationship with any students (don’t even wanna know how that went down) and better himself for himself and go to therapy. The main guy needs to give himself more credit for his talent, I’m assuming he’s a really good artist, and he needs to prioritize himself and go to therapy. And Mr. I’m Not Actually Dead needs to apologize properly for what happened (since it was his family that caused the actual chaos) and move on from the relationship and go to tell his therapist the reason why he told his ex he was dead.
Still, I found the story good but that probably because it’s definitely not a favorite. I held no over affectionate love or protectiveness for any character.
Wooow, I only read this because I saw the second one first. I don’t think it was toxic like in the way most obvious toxic BLs are, but damn do they need some therapy. My guy, it looks like he’s a predator at this point cause now his new boyfriend is even younger than his first. Like I figure that wasn’t supposed to be the intention, but goddam, that’s all I see. And wtf?! Who fakes their own death to get away from their ex unless it is a horrible and dangerous relationship. In retrospect, everything was fine with them (except for the morals of a teacher) but the kid’s family fucked it up and went that drastic to say he died?! That’s traumatizing! So many emotions going on. And then bro just accepts to use him as a look-alike stand-in! That can bring on so many insecurities along the way. I’m not a fan of age gaps, but I’ll read them…but knowing he was a teacher is weird, but at least he’s not currently his teacher.
At one point I was just thinking everyone sucks. Teacher guy needs to not get in a relationship with any students (don’t even wanna know how that went down) and better himself for himself and go to therapy. The main guy needs to give himself more credit for his talent, I’m assuming he’s a really good artist, and he needs to prioritize himself and go to therapy. And Mr. I’m Not Actually Dead needs to apologize properly for what happened (since it was his family that caused the actual chaos) and move on from the relationship and go to tell his therapist the reason why he told his ex he was dead.
Still, I found the story good but that probably because it’s definitely not a favorite. I held no over affectionate love or protectiveness for any character.