This is really catching my interest. ;P
I often spend some time at TV Tropes, and it's likely skewing my thinking, but here it goes:
1) With the background Our Hero has, one archetypal character missing is the Childhood Friend. Now, you can justify one appearing later as someone he met
during his father's multiple stations, for a few months (Tessa seems to fit the best, at first glance).
2) One of the defining traits of Our Hero is his willingingness to help others. Then I rembered that MITHRILwas listed under We Help The Helpless...
3) You mentioned your intending a happy ending. Does the First Girl win? (Not that you need to answer here, but you may wanna give this a minutes thought.
4) It's going to get rather obvious if it seems the every girl that gets more then 2 paragraphs falls for him. Mixing in some 'friend, but NOT
interested' characters can help flesh out the setting (Kanami is a good start). Along with perhaps someone in denial...
More later, after more turning in my head.
I often spend some time at TV Tropes, and it's likely skewing my thinking, but here it goes:
1) With the background Our Hero has, one archetypal character missing is the Childhood Friend. Now, you can justify one appearing later as someone he met
during his father's multiple stations, for a few months (Tessa seems to fit the best, at first glance).
2) One of the defining traits of Our Hero is his willingingness to help others. Then I rembered that MITHRILwas listed under We Help The Helpless...
3) You mentioned your intending a happy ending. Does the First Girl win? (Not that you need to answer here, but you may wanna give this a minutes thought.
4) It's going to get rather obvious if it seems the every girl that gets more then 2 paragraphs falls for him. Mixing in some 'friend, but NOT
interested' characters can help flesh out the setting (Kanami is a good start). Along with perhaps someone in denial...
More later, after more turning in my head.