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Ian never saw Jo as a second option.....he left because he didn't wanna risk Jo being in danger and we have a chapter of him believing that he is the worst implying that he doesn't think he deserves Jo and feeling can change. The bond between Ian and TJ will always be there but that doesn't mean Ian can't truly come to love Jo. He left on his own accord to protect Jo so how could he be seeing Jo as a way out when he was willing to settle for less and try one last time with TJ.....this is my perspective tho. I truly don't think Jo is a way out for Ian.
His whole being is tied up to being a gangster, he thinks himself worthless if he’s not a gangster.
Ian is willing to love him, but he has wants and needs that are very different than what TJ can and wants to give.
The only way out I see is for this to end in tragedy.
Realistically TJ will never be able to give up that lifestyle and if he were to somehow manage, he’d be miserable and blame Ian.
Any way you look at it, those two don’t work together.
But I also don’t see any chemistry between Ian and Jo. I feel like Ian sees Jo as a way out. A person who’s not involved in that lifestyle so he can give him what he wants, and Jo, well he took a picture of a random guy and he was smitten?
I know it’s not going to happen, but I’d like for Jo and Ian to end up alone or to find other love interests that are not each other.