Pedophilia literally refers to sexual attraction toward prepubescent children, generally 13 and under. There’s also a term called ephebophilia for attraction toward older adolescents, usually around 15 to 19 but he’s not even an ephebophile. He’s not attracted to that boy’s body or anything like that. He genuinely wanted to see him as nothing more than a little brother at first but his feelings started telling him otherwise so he even tried to distance himself from the boy. Please don’t water down the meaning of “pedophile” like that ISTG
Pedophilia literally refers to sexual attraction toward prepubescent children, generally 13 and under. There’s also a term called ephebophilia for attraction toward older adolescents, usually around 15 to 19 but he’s not even an ephebophile. He’s not attracted to that boy’s body or anything like that. He genuinely wanted to see him as nothing more than a little brother at first but his feelings started telling him otherwise so he even tried to distance himself from the boy. Please don’t water down the meaning of “pedophile” like that ISTG