
I feel like yall are being obtuse on purpose, how is it normal and healthy to punish ur partner with kinky sex bc he wasnt telling you something- instead of trying to make him comfortable so he can open up he does this
- to add onto this ash choose a safe word he knew lyle would use bc hes too embarrassed.. its fine to explore new things in sex with ur partner but not in this context- for me it seems like all character traits of ash that were in the main story just went out of the window in these last few chapters

exactly! like, I'm all for people getting introduced to play, safely, and what not.. but this is done in such poor taste imo!! Ash has shown so many orange flag behaviors throughout the story already, but this stunt really ruined his character for me. I also dont like how Lyle's dominance and alpha characteristics just became nonexistent in this relationship. Given his upbringing, he's emotionally fragile, which is perfectly understandable, but from my perspective Ash has always used that to his advantage in the name of "love". They're not equals and there's a clear power imbalance in their relationship that I personally do not like!
but anyways, I absolutely love and adore Lyle and I think he deserves the world! and someone who doesn't use sex as a "punishment" because hes struggling to express himself

for me it seems like maybe this will be a case of DID? like at first hes clueless what is kissing and the next he knows when the mc wants to kiss him and kisses him wilinglly- then goes to throw up and talks to himself how hes one of hell of a guy? so maybe hes potentially talking to his other self ?
before i start reading whats the age gap between the two?
6-10 years?
The boy is probably 18 or 19 & the man is 25 so it’s not that much.