Originally Posted by papercut_ninja
They aren't aware of the problematic writing around consent and communication because their angle was to explore what happens when you romance him, not what happens when you reject him.
I haven’t run into any issues rejecting him while not having any other romances. In that case it just doesn’t come up again like with any other companion whose romance you reject (although I know some have run into bugs with the romance flags of other companions as well).