I kind of like the idea that he'd be intentionally sabotaging the relationship in order to prove to himself that he's right, that it won't last, that he really *shouldn't* get too deeply invested or fall for her too hard (yeah, right).

*LOVES THIS IDEA SO MUCH* Because, yeah, that does seem like a John thing to do.

Fortunately, I think Elizabeth will figure out what he's doing pretty fast.

Definitely. She'd be all just, "John? It's ok that we love each other. Just deal already." and then they'd have sex. Again.

but wasn't quite sure that it was executed well enough. That it might have been way too chaotic to actually read through!

Trust me when I say it was perfect. It was chaotic, but that's what made it so great, because you really could see how just INTENSE something like that would be for them. *loves*