what will one day be the long fix-it everyone seems to end up writing for this fandom at some point

*nods*

And I haven't seen one with a serious accidental marriage premise before, either, so you're off to a great start there! \o/

the creeping sense that he’s really out of his depth is starting to unsettle him. [...] Not that that would have stopped him

Muahahah! :D Yup! Sounds like him.