but the catch is, we r all just children of divorce. lowkey i feel bad abt picking a side bc we all know both of them had their faults. BUTTTT this mess of a situation makes the story interesting bc we’re all looking forward to this getting fixed. it’s been a while since i’ve felt so on edge abt a conflict in a series bc a lot of others use the “mistreat mc in the beginning then grovel, then happy ending” formula. this time, the plot is plottingggg and im seated
ive peeped some raws and apparently it’ll take many chapters til we get theo-dylan again bc i think this arc is when he’ll settle things w gunner … feeling drought bc i miss them together already and it hasn’t been a while. (i’ve peeped til ch48 btw)
it’s good that he’s lowk cutting off gunner but it comes at the expense of dragged out panels of theo suffering (past and present) and his body being used by gunner. i like theo a lot so gunner treating him like a doormat (and a hole to fuck) really pisses me off
ik conflict makes a story good and the fluff scenes more rewarding but idk how much more panels of gunner i can take before throwing my phone
i didn’t READ read the text bc i was lazy to translate some parts but i think it was dub con? on the last part i think theo tells him that he can have sex with theo all he wants but theo wld never feel anything for him + he can’t force love. at some point gunner was pissed because theo isn’t responsive during sex (ie. not pushing him away). (still though - there’s like 2 chapters of them having sex, i cannot watch it no moreeee)
LOVE loverboy jaeshin down ngl LIKE when he’s sweet towards nok (and cute towards his hyungs tbh) but i always get this certain whiplash when he’s menacing n scary like this. love how he’s in all red in the latest chapter too like. i just had to say it bc he’s so handsome (ofc nok too with that outfit)
it just pains me that lyle was lowk painted as someone who’s insecure and misunderstands things easily and ash comes to save the day by reassuring him. like okay! that’s so caring of ash. but it’s not like lyle was acting like that unprovoked? his friends were so ass bringing up hazel in their shared household. he wasn’t being immature by not communicating - he asked for space bc he has to sort it out, but when he was ready to talk, his trigger (hazel) just happened to be there. he’s BOUND to misunderstand things. idk man i just want to see Ash grovel i’m tired of him being the “right” one every time. mayb im the immature one atp idk
I think it's their coping mechanisms. Karlyle is like 30 and if you are taught to bottle up your emotions for that long you can't shake it off easily, even if you have a honest partner. Jealousy and love are new concept for him. Ash gives off a lot of people pleaser vibes. He wants to seem good to everyone so he just waves off their flaws and in order to protect his partner he deals with his problems behind the scenes.








so far this is the second short story collection i know of (first being gwanggong industrial complex - which isn’t housed in a single title in this site so you’d have to look up the works one by one) - i was wondering if there were more collections out there? i like short smutty stories - they curb appetite just right.
if you got recos that aren’t part of any collection, i’d still gladly take it ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
i have one called special benefits for newlyds, but its not short (has a super good story and alot, alot and alot of smut) also its finished