I live and work in academia where the "I, me, my" of writing is frowned upon and what a person writes is assumed to be his/her opinion and reality. I had no idea that using the word "reality" would in some way mean that no one else could think differently (I didn't imagine I had that much power). Forgive me. Where I say "reality," please put "my" in front of it.
Granted, it's been decades since I took a lit class, but IIRC, there's a difference between presenting an opinion and saying, "the reality is" or "the truth is." The latter two are not declaring an opinion, they are declaring *fact*. And no matter how much you might wish it to be true, your opinion is not fact just because you say it is.
And, for good measure, since Seven never called him boyfriend, whenever I say boyfriend, add a space--boy friend. Better?
Not even necessary.
When your friends jumped on that as further proof that Seven and/or C/7ers (me) were being adolescent, I simply pointed out that *you* were the one throwing that out there--not me, not the character.