How close is love to hate?

shredder and Baxter have a hateful relationship. shredder is an ungrateful and abusive master. he would punish Braxton for the slightest things as so as breathing too loudly

⚠️⚠️TW:
possible dubcon (definitely)
hate
Stockholm syndrome
abuse
manipulation
rotting mental health

This universe is set in my own AU where Baxter is not yet turned into a fly and Shredder is a sadistic master who enjoys inflicting pain onto his servants.
Baxter is a scientist who is forced into servitude by Shredder. He is never given the recognition he deserves. He is often mutilated as a punishment by Shredder. His mental health is not so good because of the treatment he receives from the shredder and the others. He also thinks Shredder might be racist because he is black, though that is just a coping method to justify the way people treat him. (I do not support racism and do not see it as a justification for anything).

Physicals:

The Shredder- the Archie comics stats

*Height:* 6'6ft (I was not shocked by this tbh)
*Weight:* 280 IBS (127kg)
*Appearance:*brown/black eyes, black hair, tall muscular man
*Preference:*Absolute control, martial arts perfection, Japanese cultural aesthetics, and high-tech weaponry
*Mental status/thoughts:*Obsessive, vengeful, and highly paranoid.
*Room vibe:*Cold, militaristic, and technologically oppressive.
*How he sees himself:*The rightful ruler of the criminal underworld.
*Full name/identity:* oroku saki: a Japanese man
*Age:* 37 years of age
*Dislikes:* Total incompetence, Krang's constant nagging, and mutants interfering with his plans.

Baxter: 2012

*Height:*5'5
*Weight:*145 IBS (65kg)
*Appearance:*An African-American man,neat afro and small round glasses.
*Preference:*Being taken seriously as an evil mastermind
*Mental status/thoughts:*Highly erratic, cowardly, vengeful, and mildly delusional.
*Room vibe:*High-tech garbage dump.
*How he sees himself:* The ultimate, unappreciated super-genius.
*Full name:* Baxter Stockman
*Age:34-35 year