I have to disagree with the comments claiming this isn’t love. Love has never been something “pure” and "innocent" it's something that can take many forms. The knight may have stayed because he had nowhere else to go, but his life had always been defined by duty, his purpose was to serve and protect his country. When the bottom met the top, the top tried to cast him into yet another role: that being a doll/puppet. It was the only way the top knew how to love, through possession and control. Yet, over time, the bottom who cared so much for dignity and duty, he chose to surrender himself, offering that surrender as his expression of love. In turn, the top abandoned his old idea of love, discarding the idea of molding someone into an object. Instead, he embraced him as something new, his first true companion, his first love.
I have to disagree with the comments claiming this isn’t love. Love has never been something “pure” and "innocent" it's something that can take many forms. The knight may have stayed because he had nowhere else to go, but his life had always been defined by duty, his purpose was to serve and protect his country. When the bottom met the top, the top tried to cast him into yet another role: that being a doll/puppet. It was the only way the top knew how to love, through possession and control. Yet, over time, the bottom who cared so much for dignity and duty, he chose to surrender himself, offering that surrender as his expression of love. In turn, the top abandoned his old idea of love, discarding the idea of molding someone into an object. Instead, he embraced him as something new, his first true companion, his first love.
or maybe im just yapping LOLOLOL