Then explain it (genuinely). No one is saying a four year age gap is weird, the weird part is there circumstances surrounding it. Are you honestly saying nothing weird is about a grown 21 year woman catching feelings for her little sisters 17 year old childhood friend is crazy. I wouldn’t say anything if ithey met when she was like 26 and if he was 21 and only without the background history of each other.
how does that make a difference? my younger sibling is 5 years younger than me and so all their friends are younger than me. I have never once looked at them like that. the age difference isn't big but the maturity difference is. it makes it weirder since she saw him grow up AND still developed feelings like she was jealous that a kid wrote a love letter to her sister instead of her when she's possibly like 14 and he was like 10 at the time. like how is that considered normal LOL?
Im not uncomfortable bc this isn't my first rodeo with age gap or weird stuff or even immoral stuff but I just don't like how you're defending it. as long as you like it and read it in fiction its fine, I just hope you don't think its okay if this was irl is all. I don't read for the side couple but the main couple
its 4 yeras age gap u guys r so weird.... 17 is reaching adult wdym plus they ar childhood friend and not some stranger older woman.