after a lifetime of abandonment and pain i doubt that he was mentally stable enough to reason. Some of you clearly don't understand psychology
I mean after he lost his husband, before he was still mentally stable, but after instead of seeking help he engaged in emotional incest. He is an adult not a child.
no he never was, he depended on a kid his age, you think that makes you stable? It only maskes the problem it doesn't fix it, another reason why he could not function well after his partners death( as if that wasn't enough, literally the only costant person in his life died) Also they were young adults when they adopted the younger brother
Don’t have children. Fr though MC is fucked up for sleeping with the child he raised. Even before ML came onto him, there was emotional incest. MC depended on him like on his partner. It happens irl too.