Comment by Imadeatree on Wet Sand - Chapter 61

It is amazing that at the end what drove Ian away was TJ himself.  He's the illness and the remedy at the same time. I understand why he needs to get to the top so much, he thinks Ian will easily go back to him and forget all the heartbreak he suffered because of TJs struggles with his identity and his role a gang leader. Ian and TJs relationship will never be the same again, even if Ian is still in love with him, he's too exhausted of the life TJ is so adamant on keeping, so whatever relationship they have at the end will still fall apart because Ian is just not longer in that same world.