i apologize for how long this is, i guess i rambled a bit but i gave as much information/context as possible.
in the beginning of march, i started talking to this guy. we'll call him sam. it seemed that sam and i clicked as soon as we met, we talked and joked like we had known each other forever.
sam started being extremely flirty with me, and i reciprocated it because i like him and thought that it might end up going somewhere. some days pass, we've been talking every single day and he's texting me good morning, sending me songs to listen to, flirting with/complimenting me, etc.
sam invited me over to his house and cooked me dinner. we watched a movie and hung out, though nothing too crazy happened. he put his hand on my knee when we watched the movie and after he walked me back to my car told me that he had a good time and that he really wanted to see me again, and i agreed. this was when i really started to like sam.
fast forward to coronavirus spreading and us having to be put on lockdown. my place of work closes, as does sam's. i noticed that after this happened, he stopped talking to me less and less. it seemed that i was the one putting the most effort into things, like texting first. if i hadn't reached out, we would've gone days without talking.
i started to get a bit upset and wondered if i had done something wrong, so i spoke to a friend about it and she suggested i come forward with how i felt about him since it had been about a month of us talking (prior to this he had told me he was attracted to me and we exchanged lewd photos).
i told him something along the lines of "i realize that the romantic/dating world is tough right now due to the pandemic, but i just wanted to tell you that i have feelings for you and i wanted to know if we were on the same page" to which he replied: "i am, things are just tough right now". okay. so he's interested too and is just struggling with everything going on, i get that. i felt a bit better after that.
still, though, i notice that he just does not talk to or seem nearly as interested in me as he had before this all started. i'll be left on delivered for nearly the whole day, left on opened on snapchat (i did notice his snapscore go up while he was ignoring me, this isn't something i obsess over however it is something i had noticed). he is very short/dry with me in messages and sometimes just leaves me on read entirely. the other night he called me darling but i'm not sure if that holds any true meaning at all.
i expressed to him that i was worried he'd lose interest in/ghost me while not being able to see me, but he told me that he "didn't think it would happen, don't worry" but i still worry because he just doesn't seem like he really cares as much anymore.
should i try and voice how i feel to him? or do i just drop him and try to move on from the situation entirely? should i give him space? am i being too clingy?
i understand that some people could be having problems during this pandemic, however, he has been asking me to sneak out of my house to come see him (which i have declined as i’m immunocompromised and want to be extra safe) and has been seeing family/roommates have had friends over. so i don’t think he’s having any huge issues but i don’t know for certain.