@Diyachauhab
I'm A Tae fan. I will say the book was well written. Yes, there were elements of the story that would rub fans the wrong way. Let's remember, it is a story and everyone is welcome to an opinion!
I don't think Tae was portrayed as pathetic but vulnerable.Jin alluded to this in the story. He was a romantic and nothing was wrong with that. He was also strong in his convictions about what he wanted in a relationship and life itself. The "bit---" connotation is a bit strong to describe his love for JK.. Everyone admired his fortitude when he was adamant about his and JK's relationship. When Tae felt that his well being was becoming affected and he was losing himself he stepped back. He realized that JK had to come to him once he realized what he had in Tae. Which unfortunately, happened to many times. JK was older but immature relationship wise and he was probably like that with his wife who was years older than him and she handled it differently. He didn't even know how to actually care for his own son. Also, if you remember in the story Tae took care and comforted the child even more than then wife did which showed his over love and compassion.
I agree he didn't deserve Tae and this is probably the first Taekook FF story where I actually felt that way and I've read hundreds. JK was to indecisive, scared about his feelings and spoke before thinking which resulted in a lot of hurt especially to Tae. Their character storylines were well thought out.