Max and Iago - Love Story

So I'm watching the Max and Iago Love Story shows on YouTube (thanks so much to Evama1977 for making them) and I'm thinking to myself, I'll be damned if this isn't just like a typical Yaoi story! Iago is the perfect seme - gorgeous, confident and of course, the bad boy. Max is the perfect Uke - smart, sweet and looking for a loving relationship. Also, they both have these terrible pasts, but Iago's seems like it was worse (hence turning into the bad boy he is). And of course, they're both...