Ripped Tights and Late Nights → Muke

authors note.

this book was really toxic in a lot of different ways.

First of all, the age gap.
-Luke was a consenting adult.

-Michael always made sure Luke was comfortable with everything that happened.

However:
-Michael is still 14 years older. That's the age of Jake. Even if age is just a number, the elder in the relationship still holds power over the younger and that was shown in places ["i bought us tickets to new york, you're coming" // "i don't want to leave, i just want to cuddle you all night, i don't care if you have to work"]

Secondly, Luke's job.
-Michael sees Luke as HIS because they've said "i love you" to eachother. He has this possessive personality mainly because he's been married for twenty years and the monogamous thoughts are very present in his mind.

-It was clear that Luke never had a lot of money (and then he shared it with his coworkers as well) but Michael never paid for sex after the second or third visit because Luke was so (in lust? in like) with him even though Michael DEFINITELY had the money

-Chapter 13 ["you never got that third orgasm." "yeah im okay, i was done after the first round to be honest." "why didn't you tell me to stop?" "it's not my job to tell you to stop michael"]. Michael is really disgusted by this and it also links back to his law case - he's dealing with mainly a rape case against the people who work at the club and yet the employees don't say stop.

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I really wanted these characters to have faults. Michael always puts his job first. Luke puts others before himself. However these do have good things that come from them - Michael learns to put his kids first and uses the money from putting work first to buy them things (which is nice), Luke gets his dream job in the end.

Obviously, not every relationship is picture perfect, but this one has good and bad parts. this is going to sound really cheesy but seriously - no matter what age you are, if you find yourself in a relationship with someone who is older than you, please be mature about it. Look out for signs that that person has power over you and is using it against you. Don't be clouded by love. 

Before this gets too dark: thank you for reading ! this story is my baby and i am so proud of what it has evolved into. Thank you so much for every single comment, i read every one even if i don't reply. I also recognise regular commenters AND YOU MEAN A LOT TO ME THANKYOU.

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