There really isn’t much to say bout it other than there’s nothing inherently wrong with it. Sincerely if you want an easy read with low stakes this is the right place - AND DONT TENSE UP, everyone is being genuine and no bs switch up at all so read at ease.
Now to delve deeper into it, they couldn’t have handled communication better in this story. It was so refreshing to see them actually TALK and also realize when the “talk” wasn’t enough to suffice the problems they were having. It made for an easy read and a quick one at that.
It’s like, the places where you felt like they needed to converse more is acknowledged and then later rectified. It’s a BL, so there was some miscommunication, but it was solved so contently within the story.
it also pleasantly surprised me with the way it handled religion in both lights. From the homophobic to the supportive nature of the good people who hold the faith. For ONCE we get religious parents who aren’t homophobic.
As for the leads themselves - super fucking green top. Idk how tf he hasn’t had a relationship before but he’s like BAM I want it this way and that way, no shame and no hesitation. The last scene with his parents too was so nice to see, a characters who a softie by nature and stays soft even if it frustrated u cuz that mf def deserved a beating but the way the relenting trauma is portrayed was nice.
As for the bottom - super green. Even though there was a few places where he had weak points, his support system really shines through and there is no shame either in the fear he felt. There was a lot he was putting at stake so each reaction was valid and his after contemplation that followed was great to see too. It’s tough to live with that fear and homophobia isn’t just a slight obstacle, it’s genuinely dangerous so his worry wasn’t unfounded. I think it was great he was willing to try to slowly open his horizons with the top.
Side note: it surprises me to see how many ppl slut shame the used-to-be-top bottom. Not shaming anyone tho, I get it on a personal level and on a story level. It felt contradictory to his fear, but it’s within the community and closed essentially so him being ran through respectfully wasn’t the biggest thing. It is a plot point in the story, but not a glaring topic since the top is understanding.
And the side characters, by god it’s nice that there’s not one antagonistic asshole - mob doesn’t count cuz he ain’t even do shit. So it’s so easy to like em even the side couple uke who gave sus vibes turned out to be the greatest friends they could have.
There really isn’t much to say bout it other than there’s nothing inherently wrong with it.
Sincerely if you want an easy read with low stakes this is the right place - AND DONT TENSE UP, everyone is being genuine and no bs switch up at all so read at ease.
Now to delve deeper into it, they couldn’t have handled communication better in this story.
It was so refreshing to see them actually TALK and also realize when the “talk” wasn’t enough to suffice the problems they were having.
It made for an easy read and a quick one at that.
It’s like, the places where you felt like they needed to converse more is acknowledged and then later rectified.
It’s a BL, so there was some miscommunication, but it was solved so contently within the story.
it also pleasantly surprised me with the way it handled religion in both lights. From the homophobic to the supportive nature of the good people who hold the faith.
For ONCE we get religious parents who aren’t homophobic.
As for the leads themselves - super fucking green top.
Idk how tf he hasn’t had a relationship before but he’s like BAM I want it this way and that way, no shame and no hesitation. The last scene with his parents too was so nice to see, a characters who a softie by nature and stays soft even if it frustrated u cuz that mf def deserved a beating but the way the relenting trauma is portrayed was nice.
As for the bottom - super green. Even though there was a few places where he had weak points, his support system really shines through and there is no shame either in the fear he felt.
There was a lot he was putting at stake so each reaction was valid and his after contemplation that followed was great to see too.
It’s tough to live with that fear and homophobia isn’t just a slight obstacle, it’s genuinely dangerous so his worry wasn’t unfounded. I think it was great he was willing to try to slowly open his horizons with the top.
Side note: it surprises me to see how many ppl slut shame the used-to-be-top bottom. Not shaming anyone tho, I get it on a personal level and on a story level. It felt contradictory to his fear, but it’s within the community and closed essentially so him being ran through respectfully wasn’t the biggest thing. It is a plot point in the story, but not a glaring topic since the top is understanding.
And the side characters, by god it’s nice that there’s not one antagonistic asshole - mob doesn’t count cuz he ain’t even do shit.
So it’s so easy to like em even the side couple uke who gave sus vibes turned out to be the greatest friends they could have.
Overall super soft read.