
He's a piece of shit from beginning to end and I kind of love it. The redemption arcs in BL have been so forced and unrealistic. This feels like a natural progression of a unhealthy relationship instead of trying to make an unhealthy relationship "healthy". Just accept it's bad and make it clear in the text that it is toxic.
He didn't have to give up BDSM though. That's disappointing if that's the case. A lot of victims of SA find liberation in BDSM. The issue with the ML is he's not a good dom. The MC should be the one in real control during play.
The ML never demanded control. I agree with you that this is very important. The MC often offered control, but that's what ML ignored.
Or rather, MC didn't know what to do with it.
I understood, that both first lead a vanilla relationship and see if that fits. Who knows what will happen next or if they don't get bored in between. ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
"Oh, I changed the MC and the ML.
"Please forgive me!" (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜