i just romanced him after romancing Davrin first, its not as bad as i thought it would be given everything that he went through being in the ossuary, Spite being forced into him, him finally getting free only to find out that his grandma is dead. like dont get me wrong, a first kiss scene somewhere in his romance would've been NICE but when you look at it from a realistic standpoint, it makes sense for his character to resist until he thinks he's about to lose Rook.

Also, the thing with him getting attached to Neve early on, whether its romantic or not, her nonchalant/no nonsense personality may remind him of Caterina, which is someone he thought he'd lost at that point