just did a reread and i loved it even more!!!! this is such a good story and yes, the misunderstandings and miscommunication trope can get a little tiring but listen, the real enemy is homophobia and adultery #okay.
joohwan, my sweet summer child, suffering from the crushing weight of societal norms and a heteronormative society. trying his best to navigate the world as a closeted man and giving up on the idea of love.. meeting sihyun again giving him the opportunity to explore his sexuality and experience himself want a man and when he eventually fell for him (again) he embraced it fully and went full steam into wanting to date him…. #growth love how soft and sweet he is with sihyun and how in tuned he was with him but whew boy he literally missed the mark so bad especially with the confession… like what happened to clarification?! like you know sihyun is #different ╥﹏╥
sihyun, fragile princess……, self esteem and self worth isn’t even in the gutters… it’s non existent. the way his mind took what joohwan said and twisted it to make it related back to him to put his own self down…. like comparing himself to a couch… it doesn’t get any sadder than that. but whew…. he has such a skewed idea of what love is and was okay being the side piece cause that’s what he saw with his mom. then his stepmom used that against him and uses him as a scapegoat for the family…. goodness #therapy is needed bad!!!!! his fear of being discarded if he so much as ask for something small and accepting any treatment just so he can stay by joohwan’s side ╥﹏╥ he needs to be treated with a delicate touch and joohwan is the right man for that #job. i need joohwan to continue to spoil him rotten with affection and bend to his will anytime.
their relationship lowkey bout to be a codependent hot mess but i’m here for it!!!!! their banter, bickering, and chemistry is so good and the soft moments they have make me sob like they love each other!!!!!
sidenote: i want to thank the artist for making sihyun’s eyes more downtuned and eyelashes longer as we read on like wow thank you… thank you… stunning work. exceptional. beautiful.
just did a reread and i loved it even more!!!! this is such a good story and yes, the misunderstandings and miscommunication trope can get a little tiring but listen, the real enemy is homophobia and adultery #okay.
joohwan, my sweet summer child, suffering from the crushing weight of societal norms and a heteronormative society. trying his best to navigate the world as a closeted man and giving up on the idea of love.. meeting sihyun again giving him the opportunity to explore his sexuality and experience himself want a man and when he eventually fell for him (again) he embraced it fully and went full steam into wanting to date him…. #growth love how soft and sweet he is with sihyun and how in tuned he was with him but whew boy he literally missed the mark so bad especially with the confession… like what happened to clarification?! like you know sihyun is #different ╥﹏╥
sihyun, fragile princess……, self esteem and self worth isn’t even in the gutters… it’s non existent. the way his mind took what joohwan said and twisted it to make it related back to him to put his own self down…. like comparing himself to a couch… it doesn’t get any sadder than that. but whew…. he has such a skewed idea of what love is and was okay being the side piece cause that’s what he saw with his mom. then his stepmom used that against him and uses him as a scapegoat for the family…. goodness #therapy is needed bad!!!!! his fear of being discarded if he so much as ask for something small and accepting any treatment just so he can stay by joohwan’s side ╥﹏╥ he needs to be treated with a delicate touch and joohwan is the right man for that #job. i need joohwan to continue to spoil him rotten with affection and bend to his will anytime.
their relationship lowkey bout to be a codependent hot mess but i’m here for it!!!!! their banter, bickering, and chemistry is so good and the soft moments they have make me sob like they love each other!!!!!
sidenote: i want to thank the artist for making sihyun’s eyes more downtuned and eyelashes longer as we read on like wow thank you… thank you… stunning work. exceptional. beautiful.