I know the questionable consent should bug me more but the author made MC so naive and submissive it feels more like child abuse whats happening here. After all, MC is never really thinking about being sexually attracted to ML, rather he idolizes him and frames everything in the context of their relationship as teammates.
You cant get around the ickyness of rape by infantalising a character so much that they become oblivious of the abuse. That only makes the victim read like child or mentally disabled person.
I know the questionable consent should bug me more but the author made MC so naive and submissive it feels more like child abuse whats happening here. After all, MC is never really thinking about being sexually attracted to ML, rather he idolizes him and frames everything in the context of their relationship as teammates.
You cant get around the ickyness of rape by infantalising a character so much that they become oblivious of the abuse. That only makes the victim read like child or mentally disabled person.