now lets be nice to the top. just like the bottom, he is emotionally stunted. there is literally no one in this relationship that has the emotional capability to have good reasoning. top is clearly still traumatized from finding out that his "mom" (aunt) never cared about him and was faking it. now bottom did smth similar with the using but we know that bottom genuinely cares but doesnt know how to express it. Top is too traumatized to put this together and untrusting after being stabbed in the back by his own family. it's easy from a third pov to be like oh this character is so dumb, but clearly the author has done a great job of making complex characters
now lets be nice to the top. just like the bottom, he is emotionally stunted. there is literally no one in this relationship that has the emotional capability to have good reasoning. top is clearly still traumatized from finding out that his "mom" (aunt) never cared about him and was faking it. now bottom did smth similar with the using but we know that bottom genuinely cares but doesnt know how to express it. Top is too traumatized to put this together and untrusting after being stabbed in the back by his own family.
it's easy from a third pov to be like oh this character is so dumb, but clearly the author has done a great job of making complex characters