I want, Hunter and Amity to have two different trauma responses.
So Hunter’s trauma response is Codependency.
Hunter sacrifices his needs for Willow to make her happy and emotionally dependent for her validation, Exactly how he was with Belos.
Hunter started to like Willow because she was nice to him he clung to that. Willow noticed and didn’t want to be with Hunter romantically until he got proper help. But Willow didn’t want to make that noticeable because she knew his problem and just avoided the obvious romantic gestures. And he’d done this to multiple people, not in a “romantic” way though. Darius, Camilla, and Gus are people Hunter clung to.
Gus loves Hunter as a brother but he also sees him as weird and too clingy.
It’s like Hunter wants proof that he’s not worthless.