this was truly a masterpiece im so glad i read it u~u
one thing that i loved abt raymonds character was the way he treated ian with outmost respect and kindness throughout the entire story (yes it could be said that it's bare minimum but it's diff in that day n age) even tho he lived most of his life being a cunning man n had ulterior motives in the beginning, he never rly abused his power to make ian do smth; which all comes down to show that he rly was inlove w him way earlier on..
ian was just. special to him.









akihiko just got introduced n im already inlove w him :3