I find it so difficult to purposefully write restraint, angsty stuff because I can't just put in random lines of thought by the characters

I loved this episode mainly because it seemed it was an emotional response to put Dom in the attic not because of his betrayal to the DH but his betrayal to her

YES. THIS. ASitHoL is basically a D/D episode with the Actives standing in as them. It is heartbreaking and I love it so much.