Originally posted by: Eloquent
Yes RuSha in s2 was developed very well and balanced. Their dynamics kept changing every episode and yet not too much that it was OTT.
For Rudraksh, he had initial crush on her in s1 & after Saaransh's kidnapping, it was a combo of this crush and human concern because Preesha is in a very bad state during Saaransh's kidnapping...much more than Rudra. Then they both develop a bond when they're trying to get back Saaransh & Rudra starts developing his possessiveness for Preesha (when Yuv comes to K house & offers his help to Pree but Rudra wants her with him for mission Saaransh).
Then ofcourse after the bullet, he's a little in awe & attracted to her. Slowly there's build up of trust and respect & belief in her integrity.
For Preesha, it's having someone who first of all is in the same boat as her (with her) & secondly someone who loves Saaransh equally. She goes out of her way to make peace between Rudra and Yuvraj (which says more for Rudra because earlier she would have done anything for Yuvraj but now she's slowly siding with Rudra).
Then, for her, after bullet, her respect & trust for Rudra grows. So she chooses to try and explain to Rudra about going to the hospital for that Covid delivery, because his opinion matters to her, over Balraj's screams.
Then...boom..we have Rudra falling for her when he says sorry (he actually had a very valid point and technically didn't need to) and then risks Covid infection for getting her in the house & in his room. It was telling because no one is willing to risk Covid right now. Preesha is overwhelmed (there are several times in this track wherein she's overwhelmed by Rudraksh).
Then comes the attraction bit again & Preesha is also affected but being a dhakkan, chooses to ignore it. And Rudraksh ofcourse goes further on by being jealous, possessive & has an instinctive feeling of haq over her (which he knows he has no right to). But still, there's restraint from Rudraksh (Pree continues with being clueless), which he gives up when he realises his feelings are not going away & he wants pree for good. This firebombs into him pulling her into his bed multiple times & ofcourse the party where he basically goes kaput & throws all restraint away. Again Preesha is overwhelmed by Rudraksh completely.
Won't go into post party mess.