Cherry is not one of the most drama free love interests. She is just one of the more mature ones and talks through her feelings and hang-ups with Ian; if Ian allows her. Same way a loving Allison does.He's a fetish, the whole black guy = BBC fetish thing is quite annoying. It's both racist against black people and plays into cuck shit I have no interest in. But yea, I love EK's work but my only real complaint is how black men are presented (by contrast, Cherry is very much a real person and one of the most drama free LI's).
Cherry also benefits by have less screen time, so the dramas she does have aren't presented nearly as often as the like of Cindy, Lena, or a non-romance Allison. But Axel is a present part of her life in a similar fashion to Lena. She clearly has some family drama as hinted at by the art gallery scene.