This could've easily been avoided if they both were better at communicating ╥﹏╥

Not at all. Bro wanted revenge period. There was no stopping this.

Clearly you're can't read between the lines bro is literally obsessed and he's using "revenge" as an excuse to justify his obsession

There's no reading between the lines when it comes to abuse my guy.

The bottom was blackmailed into a relationship. And got a little case of Stockholm. At this point, do we even know if the bottom would actually be interested if he wasn't forced into it.