It's not stockholm syndrome since both of them were already fucked before the kidnapping. They were already dependent with each other since highschool and they were emotionally attached since then
Actually it is. It does not matter that they already knew each other and had a relationship before or if they were fucked up individuals together or apart. It still applies. Stockholm syndrome can even happen within family itself.
Idk. Im.pretty sure the reason why the MC is going to the seme is because his life wasn't better. So he is able to forgive because of that and he sees a better future if he can be with someone.
He literally just said that now he realize that his life before the kidnapping was terrible.
I thought the same too but after thinking some more, despite their pre-existing feelings for one another, the time in the torture in the warehouse + the “honeymoon” period in the house is quite literally a cycle of abuse and the perfect combination for someone (Dohyun) to develop Stockholm syndrome.
It’s true they love each other, as best as they can with all their limitations and toxicity, but this is definitely Stockholm syndrome. Dohyun has depended on Sungho for so long, to the point that he even forgot what his life was like before the warehouse. He has nothing to go back to and he is already emotionally and psychologically attached to Sungho, even moreso now than in the past, so of course he will go back to him.
This is kinda fucked up because it’s Stockholm syndrome and it seems that the kidnapped has now finally became dependent on the kidnapper.