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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.