With the needing-to-be-loved feeling in the books, I think it might be less pronounced? I mean, in the books, Harry's mom dies in childbirth and his father dies when he's six, so he lived in orphanages until Justin finds him and adopts him. Justin also adopts Elaine when she's about the right age for her magic to start showing itself.

It's when Harry's sixteen that he makes the break from Justin, and Justin sends a demon after him (He Who Walks Behind), and from there, he's put on trial, gets the Doom slapped on him, and Ebenezar pipes up in his defense. After that, Ebenezar gives him lots of space while giving him manual labor to do around the farm, and I know that he's grateful to Ebenezar for that.

So, I don't know if he's of the needing-to-be-loved mindset as he is I-can't-trust-women-because-Elaine-betrayed-me-when-I-tried-to-save-her. Because in Fool Moon, he's not trusting Susan with his plans, but he's trusting a woman who he suspects isn't even human (probably because she doesn't want to sleep with him).

So, um, I dunno? *blink*

I need to reread the series.