Someone tell me if I’m missing anything key.
The key misunderstandings at play: mc lies to everyone that he is married, and the ml/mc mutually lied about being experienced in BDSM. The ml leans into the latter (and trying against his clear inclinations to otherwise be low maintenance because of his familial trauma from his parents’ acrimonious separation) to try and hold on to a relationship with the mc even while he (thinks) that MC just sees him as an affair. Meanwhile, MC has already fallen for him and doesn’t realize why he’s rebuffing his attempts to get closer (he thinks you’re married/dating other people and he’ll burden you, dipshit!).
Anyway they’re adorable, mutually in love, have discovered latent sadomasochistic tendencies in themselves by accident, and are both idiots.










I’ll be real I think there’s something cute about the author using this goofy mc to let the ml experience what it’s like to just be actually endlessly wanted and found desirable, in contrast to how his withholding on again/off again situationship sees him
Even if mc is a self-centered dummy. He’s on a slow self improvement arc with a single motivating incentive lol.
I agree. It's sweet to see the "ml", being loved on. They make a cute couple.