I don't know why that worked for Starsky. If it was timing or his personality or the character of their relationship leading up to her A. But I haven't seen anything about your H that makes me think he's going to respond to that in the way that you hope.
I don't want to be dealing out 2x4s here, but that's my two cents.
Me42, H40 D12, S8, S7 A revealed: 7/13 Sep 4/14; Agreed to D 1/15