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i do not think any explanation or tragic backstory could make me like, or even just...be indifferent to this male lead.
like??? there was absolutely no reason to be so... vile and agressive??? to get what he wanted.
like at the crux of it, he's right; noah is very weak to him and unable to stand up for himself, LIKE HE WOULD HAVE WALKED INTO THE TRAP WILLINGLY IF HE JUST PLAYED HIS CARDS RIGHT.
if the ml wasnt so fixated on being this like, enigmatic mysterious, dangerous person and had just approached him like a normal person??? and been like... 'hey, i've suspected for a while you may have been the omega i spent my rut with... is that my son?'
like sure, noah would have been super skittish and denied and avoided it, but if the ml (idc to remember his name) had been persistent, and SWEET TO HIM and then come in with the final blow; "i can get you medication for our son with no side effects, just marry me." IT WOULD HAVE WORKED ON HIM??? HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT???? boom! pow! no r*pe!! no forcing of hands!!
and then we could have had a story about him making up for the way he treated noah in college, (because obviously he regrets it, he just has the emotional bandwith of a stale potato) and them falling in love and becoming a family.
...which is the story we are going to get, in a way... i'll just hate him the whole time! i'll stick around for noah and the baby boy tho<3