Nuru, I hope my post wasn't a little too - um - romantic....
anyway, your ideas do sound good to me. They don't conflict with anything I'm thinking. But Ędegard isn't likely to bring up what's on his mind really quickly, because he is such a mull-er. So there may be plenty of opportunity for the two to read and mis-read each other before what they really think/feel comes to the surface.
Hope that works for ya!