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Oscar doesn't even have trauma to justify using Hardy as a kid for his own gain. "Ah, but he was a kid who didn't know anu better"
He knew what he was doing. He was very intentional about it. And Hardy felt abandoned back then too.
But I don't like using Abel's trauma as an excuse either. I kinda know i'll be desapointed with the groveling... It's probably not going to be enough to compensate Hardy at all by the looks of the story so far...
"If so... Abel will lose his family once again!" says Oscar in fearful desperation.
Oh BOOHOO, literally all of you are manipulators, hypocrites, and toxic people to Hardy. This is just another instance of someone using Hardy for their own personal agenda. Despite Oscar and Abel being painted with some tragic backstory that shows they supposedly have good intentions (and are therefore redeemable), I don't care. Normally I don't hate red flag ml's as much as I probably should, and normally I don't want mc's to end up single outside of psychological genres, but I actually hate everyone in this story besides Hardy. I just want him to be free and happy and start his life over somewhere away from all these assholes. But I know he'll end up "happily ever after" with his husband and childhood friend like none of this happened, and that's what I'm upset about.