He perhaps is a bit "stuffy", but the thing is he loves her just the way she is. She loves him even though he is a bit that way, plz continue on w/stories, enjoy reading them as well as many of your reader (s).

Well done u ! Since they are engaged, is an upcoming wedding going to happen or not ? Perhaps u can so a story on anyway best wishes on your writing (s) endeavors.

Miranda is not wrong, about Mark being the kind of stuffy that makes you want to ruffle him up.
"there was anything to sneeze at in the first place" not " there was anything to sneeze in the first place".
I LOVED the alliteration in "penny paper profiles".
There are some words missing in this phrase "personal fans in the 's her sexy bugger".
Oh yum! at the thought of all adversarial sounding Mark Darcy QC.